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Verdronken Land

Gérard Reteig
1980 The Netherlands 74 minutes Dutch

In Surinam, some descendants of former Black slaves,who had found a refuge in the jungle, have to flee once again for their villages are to be drowned by the dam they worked to build. They find themselves deprived of their traditional lifestyle and estranged in a society they do not belong to.

Production :
Movies Film Productions
Editing :
Ton de Graaf
Sound :
Chris Brouwer; Gérard Reteig
Photography :
Theo Van de Sande