This text by Grant Watson on the film Bete and Deise is part of the forthcoming publication of Wendelien van Oldenborgh (tentative release date December 2015) in the frame of the Heineken Prize, published by If I Can’t Dance and The Showroom, edited by Emily Pethick, designed by Julia Born, and with contributions by Nana Adusei-Poku, Ricardo Basbaum, Frederique Bergholtz, Eric de Bruyn, Binna Choi, David Dibosa, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Avery Gordon, Tom Holert, Natasa Ilic, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Charl Landvreugd, Sven Lütticken, Anna Manubens, Ruth Noack, and Grant Watson.