Back in his native Suriname to see his dying mother, an Afro-Surinamese student from the Netherlands’ former colony finds himself torn between his Amsterdam-based life with his white Dutch girlfriend and a future in his newly independent homeland when he falls for a local Hindostani nurse.
When 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...
A coming of age story centered around a young guy of Dutch-Surinamese decent. We follow him on his quest to find the ultimate love which eventually leads all the way to Surinam where he finds a love far greater than solely his object-of-affection.
"Pim is more consummate," actress Willeke van Ammelrooy concluded upon seeing Pim de la Parra again in Suriname, at the presentation of the restored version of his film Wan Pipel. This marked the end of her disagreement with the director, which arose during the making of this film, some 35 years...
Three thugs assault a newlywed couple, raping and murdering the bride. The groom is accused of murder, but escapes from the police and hunts down the perpetrators. Filmed in Suriname.
