Geert Mak en Freark Smink over het verdwijnende boerenbestaan

On November 3, 2021, Geert Mak, author of 'How God Disappeared from Jorwerd', and actor Freark Smink were guests with Khalid (on BNNVARA's talk show 'Khalid & Sophie') to draw our attention to the disappearing farming way of life. Geert Mak on his website regarding 'How God Disappeared from Jorwerd': "Jorwerd is not special, but it is unique. Zoom in on its history, as Mak did with his book, and you get to know them, the men and women who spent their lives there, all with their own story. 'How God Disappeared from Jorwerd' is the biography of a village that first remained in the calm of time and hardly changed for centuries, and subsequently felt that same time rage over it like a storm. The old farming community, where relationships were solidified, tasks were fixed, and expectations were modest, changed." "People came from elsewhere who did not greet or greeted differently; agricultural and milking machines arrived; new buildings appeared; there was noise, while smells and colors changed." (https://bit.ly/3k2FXAH) In the autumn of 21, the theater production 'Wat Soesto!' premiered. premieres with Freark Smink in a leading role – an (almost) monologue directed by Jos Thie in which Smink plays farmer Frans and Klaasje Postma his (dementing) mother. The performance tours around 40 venues in Friesland and runs through the spring of 2022. Info about this performance: Pier21 website: https://tinyurl.com/3ae9r9js 'We have a beautiful landscape in the Netherlands,' says former National Advisor Berno Strootman in another video by Kunst en Landschap on this subject. 'And that landscape was largely created by farmers.' Strootman believes it is high time for a new deal between farmers and society: https://bit.ly/3pzpvMd Credits: BNNVARA, talk show 'Khalid & Sophie', November 3, 2021 (https://bit.ly/3bGFgbP) Kunst en Landschap Northern Netherlands Rosendal Productions https://rosendalprodukties.nl