Our Colonial Hangover
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Our Colonial Hangover analyzes the debate surrounding the racist component of the Dutch Black Pete character. Although the debate always heats up around the time of the Saint Nicholas celebrations every December, it reached an unprecedented level of ferocity in 2013.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-11-10
Runtime: 60 mins
Director: Sunny Bergman
Spoken language: English, Nederlands
Genres: Documentary, TV Movie
Original title: Our Colonial Hangover
Production Companies: De Familie
Production Countries: Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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