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Hotel Mokum

2024 · 30 min

A quiet, observational documentary that follows activists reclaiming empty buildings, asking you to sit with the frustration of a housing crisis.

Directed by
Yannesh Meijman
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Maxime Garcia Diaz
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Pak Mokum Terug is the name of a group of Amsterdam activists that refuse to accept that the basic right to housing no longer appears to apply. The group’s name means “Take Back Amsterdam,” Mokum being the traditional nickname for a capital city in which today, for more and more people, a home is becoming unaffordable. Against this background, Hotel Mokum reports on the squatting of a dilapidated hotel in the city center, narrated in the voice of a fictitious activist.

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Directed by
Yannesh Meijman
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Maxime Garcia Diaz
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    • power
    • politics
    • justice
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Yannesh Meijman
    Written by
    Mathilde Médard
    Starring
    Maxime Garcia Diaz
    Cinematography
    Sam Broekman
    Runtime
    30 min
    Country
    Netherlands
    Languages
    Dutch

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