Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup.
There have been attempts to make the holiday character less controversial but the tradition is still widely practiced. Reporter and cameraman Kyri Evangelou from the Guardian travels to the Netherlands to visit the festivities, demonstrations to find out if time is nearly up for the tradition.
For this mini documentary Featurez gave advice, did the research, setup and planning of the filming, booked a rental car, did the driving and accompanied the filming.
The mini documentary is published on the Featurez.com video page.