Movie: Dominica: Charting a Future for Paradise

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    Dominica: Charting a Future for Paradise is a 2011 documentary short film about the history of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the challenges it faces as a young independent nation.

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    2011-01-01

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    English

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    caribbean sea

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