Monikondee (2025)

Name: Monikondee
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-11-21T08:36:08+01:00
Rating: 3.5

Documentary | 103 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 103 minuten

Country: Netherlands / Suriname

Directed by: Tolin Erwin Alexander, Siebren de Haan and Lonnie van Brummelen

IMDb score: 7,7 (43)

Releasedate: 26 March 2025

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Monikondee plot

For centuries, the Maroons in Suriname have kept capitalist society at bay. As descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped plantations, they survived by clinging to ancestral values. In recent years, however, economic interests have penetrated deep into the rainforest. Vaarman Boogie navigates the Marowijne River, the border between Suriname and French Guiana, delivering 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 destroy their harvests, and gold mining poisons the water.