Preben Verledens is a documentary maker and editor. Together with Maui Druez he investigates in 'I am Golden Karen' how questions about identity, memory and territory manifest themselves among the young migrants and how the characters reconcile the desire to return to the homeland with a will to settle in host country Thailand.

Basic information

Name
Preben Verledens
Expertise
Identity, Migration
Country
Belgium
City
Brussels
Website

Supported projects

I am Golden Karen

  • Armed conflict
  • Culture

MYANMAR - The Karen People are an ethnic minority of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar). Many Karen people live in north-western Thailand as refugees from the decades-long Karen insurgency and Burmese government oppression.