De let'en! - Da it'en!
Casa Blanca tells its story
2026 · 16m
Documentary, History
Directed by
Yiyi Chen
,
Edwin Zwakman
Overview
A meditative depiction of a colonial villa in Mungo, Surinam, taken back by nature.
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