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Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old Dutch-Surinamese aspiring artist from "The Paperclip," an innercity apartment complex in one of Rotterdam's most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He's just totaled his grandmother's car and desperately needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer in order to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud in this "crowd-pleasing" documentary that culminates in a "rousingly raucous finale" (Screen Daily).

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Bonus Materials

• Award-winning short film by SHABU director Shamira Raphaela, 'Lenno & the Angelfish'
• SHABU official trailer

Sales Points

• WINNER: Best Youth Documentary, IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs
• WINNER: Best Documentary, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival
• NOMINEE: Best Documentary, DocsBarcelona TV3 Award
• NYC Premier as the opening night film (Official Selection) for The Socially Relavant Film Festival at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
• SHABU represents a break from the clichéd images of downtrodden Black experience in the West, and documents a vibrant, pulsing microcosm overflowing with energy.
• OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Film Festival Rotterdam
• NOMINEE: Generation Kplus - Best Film, Crystal Bear Award, Berlinale

Press Quotes

One of the most unforgettable depictions of childhood in recent memory.

     —International Cinephile Society

Ambitious and heartwarming... an unconventionally charming coming-of-age story.

     —International Cinephile Society

[Raphaela] paints a picture of a boy balancing on the thin dividing line between childhood and adulthood.

     —FilmTotaal

[This] enjoyable family film is worth a trip.

     —Moviebreak

Paradoxically universal. Highly Recommended.

     —S. Lyons, The Sound View