Monikondee (with Q&A filmmakers)
For centuries, the Maroons in Suriname have kept capitalist society at bay. As descendants of enslaved Africans who had escaped plantations, they survived by clinging to ancestral values.
In recent years, however, economic interests have penetrated deep into the rainforest. Sailor Boogie navigates the Marowijne, the border between Suriname and French Guiana, to deliver essential cargo to remote Maroon and indigenous communities.
Although these forest dwellers grow their own food, they are increasingly dependent on boatmen for their daily necessities. Climate-related floods and droughts devastate their crops, and gold mining poisons the water. When Boogie is summoned by his clan leaders to attend his cousin's trial, the demands of his job begin to clash with his traditional duties. During a tortuous journey far upstream, the currents become increasingly unpredictable.
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For centuries, the Maroons in Suriname have kept capitalist society at bay. As descendants of enslaved Africans who had escaped plantations, they survived by clinging to ancestral values.
In recent years, however, economic interests have penetrated deep into the rainforest. Sailor Boogie navigates the Marowijne, the border between Suriname and French Guiana, to deliver essential cargo to remote Maroon and indigenous communities.
Although these forest dwellers grow their own food, they are increasingly dependent on boatmen for their daily necessities. Climate-related floods and droughts devastate their crops, and gold mining poisons the water. When Boogie is summoned by his clan leaders to attend his cousin's trial, the demands of his job begin to clash with his traditional duties. During a tortuous journey far upstream, the currents become increasingly unpredictable.
Directed by Tolin Alexander, Lonnie van Brummelen, Siebren de Haan
Production country: the Netherlands, Suriname
Haitian-Creole, Ndyuka, Dutch, Kalina, Sranan, French, Chinese, Pamaka, Aluku, Wayana spoken, Dutch subtitled
documentary, 103 min, 2025
AL
Prices
- from €5.75 to €11.50