Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old Dutch-Surinamese aspiring artist from “The Paperclip,” an inner-city apartment complex in one of Rotterdam’s most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even more significant problems. He’s just totaled his grandmother’s car and desperately needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to make money and his family proud in this crowd-pleasing documentary that culminates in a “rousingly raucous finale” (Screen Daily).
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A Crystal Bear nominee for Generation Kplus Best Film at last year’s Berlinale and the Best Youth Documentary winner at IDFA 2021, Shabu also captured the Golden Calf Award for Best Documentary at the Nederlands Film Festival and was a nominee for Best Documentary at DocsBarcelona.
Shabu makes its North American Premiere on Indiepix Unlimited on May 12,
