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- DirectorSusan MuskaGréta OlafsdóttirStarsThea SpyerEdie WindsorAfter 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early '60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many battles, both personal and political. As Edie says, We just went on with this talent we have for wrestling joy from the shit. Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir (THE BRANDON TEENA STORY) return with a love story of two remarkable women whose commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all.
- DirectorJean van de VeldeStarsGaite JansenNeil SandilandsDaniel JanksThe Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Where Sarith is the most beautiful woman in the colony, the mulatto Mini-Mini is forever in her shadow, slave to her own half-sister.
- DirectorOscar Ayala PacielloMburucuyá FleitasStarsBorja García-EnríquezRodrigo ReichardtThe death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret. The death of a member of the Da Motta family surprises the entire Itaporã border community. As a result of the fact, Sebastián Da Motta, and Leonardo, former Interpol, begin an investigation parallel to that of the police. As they continue their search, more deaths occur, everyone is a suspect, and they discover a darker secret.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickThis Traveltalk entry visits a Djuka tribal village in Dutch Guiana, which would later be called Suriname. The Djuka are descendants of west Africans who escaped from ships that were taking them to slave markets in America in the 16th century.
- DirectorEmjay RechsteinerStarsEmjay RechsteinerLidewei EgbersKenrich CairoIn the 18th Century Amazon jungle, freedom fighter Boni leads a slave revolt. Pursued by the colonial army, Boni builds a formidable fortress in the middle of a swamp. This 'Fort Buku' has since mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorAnanta KhemradjA country where the former dictator is elected president, helped by young voters. Young journalist Ananta wants to know why she and her whole generation grew up without knowledge of the atrocities committed in the 1980's.
- DirectorAnanta KhemradjStarsAchmed AshrafNoraly BeyerSamuel BlankendalAfter its former president Dési Bouterse is convicted for murder, the people of Suriname remain bitterly divided. Opponents and supporters of the ex-president are unable to put the country's turbulent history behind them. Ananta Khemradj (32) wants to know what it takes to reunite the Surinamese people.
- DirectorBen RussellFilmed between a large-scale underground mine in post-war Serbia and an illegal mining collective in the tropical heat of Suriname, Good Luck is a visceral non-fiction portrait of hope and sacrifice in a time of global economic turmoil.
- DirectorMildred RoethofStarsCynthia Mcleod-FerrierRoger van BoxtelPrem RadhakishunWriter and daughter of the first president of Suriname Cynthia McLeod (1936) has a mission; giving a voice to Elisabeth Samson (1715 - 1771); the first freeborn and first black, female millionaire of Suriname.
- DirectorGer PoppelaarsStarsMark RietmanDaniëlla MercelinaKenneth HerdigeinOn behalf of the Dutch government a secret agent is looking for a journalist who suddenly disappeared in Suriname. He must make their way in a country paralyzed by demonstrations and protests against the military government.
- DirectorRamdjan AbdoelrahmanStarsMalc PandaySally SavalasTracy ParrishA bunch of beatniks goes out for a demented spree of murder and violent fun. The beatniks find Tyrone Pedro and his new wife in the park. They beat up Tyrone and brutally rape his wife and kill her. The police arrest Tyrone as a suspect for his wife's murder, but he escapes to find those beatniks.
- DirectorIvan Tai-ApinStarsIdi LemmersGaby TreurnietAltaafkhan DhonreWhen nine-year-old Wiren meets the American Dr. Young a world of opportunities opens up for the small deaf boy. Driven by his ambition to get ahead in life he leaves his life in rural Nickerie behind and winds up at the Kennedy boarding school in the capital Paramaribo. He struggles to comply to the strict, conservative Catholic methods at the school, but turns out to become the catalyst for the change that leads to the introduction of sign language. After being rejected by the university he realizes that deaf people do not enjoy the same rights and opportunities as hearing people. Witnessing the constant withhold of deaf people in Suriname leads Wiren to seek justice by suing the government to coerce them to adhere to the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities. Will he succeed?
- DirectorPim de la ParraStarsBorger BreeveldDiana Gangaram PandayWilleke van AmmelrooyRoy is a handsome Surinam man, who studies in Amsterdam. He hurriedly left his Dutch girlfriend Karina to visit his dying mom in Paramaribo. Back in his homeland, Roy soon becomes obsessed with his own country and it's culture. When he falls for the Hindu nurse Rubia, the conservative Hindu and Black communities are in revolt. One day Karina arrives in Surinam too.
- DirectorDanny LeysnerStarsRodney LamJosylvioLiza SipsWhen Winston Righter decides eligible to stand for the presidency in Suriname, he is confronted with his criminal past. A chess breaks loose as he competes with justice and the underworld.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsCharles BronsonTheresa SaldanaJoseph MaherA professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.