From the series 'You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand'. Volume 37. The Sgaw Karen. Residents of Ban Ber Bla Too (บ้านเบ๊อะบละตู) live in an area that has been promoted to a 'national park'. This step makes traditional crop rotation in the fields impossible.

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From the series 'You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand'. Volume 36. The Sgaw Karen. Residents of Ban Tha Ta Fang (บ้านท่าตาฝั่ง) oppose the construction of a dam because they live from fishing and farming along the Salween River. 

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From the series 'You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand'. Part 35. The Sgaw Karen. Residents of Ban Huai Makok (บ้านห้วยมะกอก) are opposed to plans for a fluorite mine in neighboring Mae La Noi district.

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From the series 'You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand'. Volume 34. The Pow Karen. About the planned lignite mine in Ban Ka Bor Din (บ้านกะเบอะดิน) and its impact on life and nature.

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The film is now ready in the context of the website You-Me-We-Us that I have reviewed about the nearly 500.000 people in Thailand who are stateless or who cannot provide complete paperwork. The movie is called 'Becoming home' which I translated into 'Becoming my home'.

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Part of the You-Me-We-Us series; indigenous people in Thailand. The S'gaw Karen. About Mueda Navanaad (มึดา นาวนาถ) who wanted to study, only got an ID card after a change in the law, was able to achieve her goal but still feels 'you don't belong here'.

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You-Me-We-Us: Covid-19

December 30 2021

From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, this part is about the influence of Covid-19 on minorities in Thailand such as the Tai Yai and the Sea Gypsy.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, yet another new part. It seems that the Thai government wants to get rid of endemic groups that live in the forests, apply small-scale rotation to small fields and live in harmony with nature.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, the last part is about the population group the Sgaw Karen.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, this part is about a Lua/Lawa woman and her family. Location: Ban Santisuk, Pa Teung, Mae Chan, Chiang Rai. 

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, a story about the New Year's celebration among the Lahu in Huay Lu Luang, Muang, Chiang Rai.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. this part is set in Ban Ja Tee (บ้านจะตี) village school, tambon Thuht Thai (เทอดไทย), Mae Fa Luang, Chiang Rai.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This section is about Pwo Karen in Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi. A story about lead poisoning, legal proceedings and the endless waiting for a clean-up.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This part is about a Lahu man who obtained Thai nationality in the year 2000. This story plays in Ban Mae Ma Ku, Ping Khong, Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai. 

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, this part is about Sgaw Karen in Mae Hong Son. About weaving textiles in the colors of the rainbow, about old techniques, about the power of women and about the equality of the sexes.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, today the indictment of the son who was not recognized by his Thai father, who has therefore remained stateless. The article is set in Ranong.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, today a part about an Akha woman who gets her papers.

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