Writing
In the buzzing chaos of Rotterdam-IJsselmonde, 10-year-old Gush runs into a strange neighbor: a future version of himself, lost in stories that might just change everything.
When Winston Righter decides eligible to stand for the presidency in Suriname, he is confronted with his criminal past. A chess breaks loose as he competes with justice and the underworld.
A critical look at the 2006 Rotterdam Act, which made it possible to reject inhabitants under specific income and educational levels in certain neighbourhoods. Municipal Poet Dean Bowen compares this gentrification to the Biblical Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
Rotterdam city poet Dean Bowen paints a harsh and bleak picture of how we, the Dutch, ignore the sins of our colonial past.
The three siblings Eva, Lieke and Maarten are going through a rough patch. Eva has cancer, but she doesn't want the rest of the family to know. She only confides in young Luke, a cancer patient in the same hospital. Her brother Maarten also has a secret: although he is married to Sanne, he has fallen in love with his friend Hugo and doesn't quite know how to deal with it. In Lieke's case, it is her father Ferry who is causing stress. Because he is not at all happy about his daughter's choice of partner.
Megan has a special relationship with discarded jumping horse Whitestar. When it turns out that Whitestar still has special talents, the owner takes him away from Megan for competitions, but has no success. Only when Megan and Whitestar are together again does Whitestar turn out to be a real winner because they bring out the best in each other.
