This video seeks to convey the story of the Karen through the media of music and pictures.
There are three themes to the video:
1. The Karen;
2. The longing for a homeland;
3. Light vs. Dark.
Warning:
This video contains graphic images of violent atrocities committed against the Karen.
Viewer discretion is advised.
A video slideshow depicting the lives of Karen villagers who must flee into the jungle with their families and whatever they can carry on their backs in order to remain free.
Courage on the Run from Garrett Morgan on Vimeo.
A BBC Television News report from May 2006 details the actrocities carried out by the military government in Burma
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A documentary about the All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF), a rebel group composed of students of varying ethnicities fighting together against the Burma Army following the student uprisings of the late 1980's.