The Country Upside Down

April. 29,2009

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Slavery Colonialism Creole

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Returning to the island that her father left 50 years earlier, the filmmaker goes back in time to retrace the history of her name.

Sylvaine Dampierre as Self

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