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Monkey Business
Narrative
Jury's Choice • 2022
13 min
Utrecht, Netherlands
Nila is waiting for her best friend Rein to go to school. Inside the classroom we learn that Nila is the only black child. The class is busy preparing a musical about animals. When their teacher Julian asks who of the kids wants to play monkey in the musical, it’s Rein who says that Nila should play the monkey, because she’s simply the best. Teacher Julian interprets this as racism and punishes Rein. The discomfort between the adults, makes Nila and Rein wonder: what is a racist?