I Am Golden Karen

Original Title: I Am Golden Karen

83' | 2018 (Completed)

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Director:	Maui Druez, Preben Verledens
Producer:	Steven Dhoedt
Writer:	Maui Druez, Preben Verledens

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I Am Golden Karen tells the story of Thaawa, a young Karen rapper who is part of an entire generation that has grown up in Thailand but nurtures a strong desire to return to their motherland.

synopsis

"Victims of the past are not hindrances, but essential parts of Burma's future." More than 65 million people around the world are displaced from their homes, the largest number since the second world war. For the Karen people from southeast Burma, the Rohingya crisis brings back memories of what they experienced some 15 years ago. Aggressive operations from the Burmese military resulted in over 400,000 Karen people being displaced. When the British left Burma about 60 years ago, the Burmese government embarked on an ongoing civil war against the many ethnic minorities in the country, including the Karen people. As a result, many Karen fled to neighbouring Thailand. In order to survive, they started working in the border town of Mae Sot or in the Thai capital Bangkok.I Am Golden Karen tells the story of Thaawa, a young Karen rapper who is part of an entire generation that has grown up in Thailand but nurtures a strong desire to return to their motherland. We follow Thaawa as he negotiates his identity from being a young migrant arriving in Bangkok to becoming a father. He questions his responsibilities towards the family and his desire to both settle in Thailand and return to Karen State.
“Victims of the past are not hindrances, but essential parts of Burma’s future.” Wereldwijd zijn meer dan 65 miljoen mensen op de vlucht, het hoogste aantal sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Voor de Karen, een ethnische minderheid uit Zuidoost-Birma, brengt de recente Rohingya-crisis pijnlijke herinneringen boven aan wat zij 15 jaar geleden ervaarden. Het geweld en de systematische onderdrukking door het Birmese leger zorgde ervoor dat ca. 400.000 Karen hun land ontvluchtten en een leven begonnen als vluchteling in buurland Thailand. I Am Golden Karen vertelt het verhaal van Thawaa, een jonge Karen-hiphopmuzikant en zijn familie. Zijn verhaal staat symbool voor een hele generatie die is opgegroeid als tweederangsburger in Thailand, maar nog steeds een sterk verlangen koestert om terug te keren naar hun vaderland.

Credits

Director
Maui Druez, Preben Verledens
Producer
Steven Dhoedt
Writer
Maui Druez, Preben Verledens
Editing
Beppe Leonetti
Photography
Preben Verledens, Maui Druez
Sound
Raf Enckels
Music
Simon Carlier

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Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2018
Production status
Completed
Original title
I Am Golden Karen

Technical specs

Running time
83'
Available in
2D
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Blu-Ray
Colour
Colour

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2018: Mooov Filmfestival (BE)

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

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Fonds Pascal Decroos

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I Am Golden Karen

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Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

Music

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Creation details

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Category

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Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

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Running time

Available in

Sound format

Available formats

Colour