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Title:

Karen refugees [videorecording] : fleeing Burma's forgotten war / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

CBC Educational Sales,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (21 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Karen (Southeast Asian people)--Burma.
Karen (Southeast Asian people)--Crimes against--Burma.
Refugees--Burma.
Refugees--Thailand.
Burma--Politics and government--1988-
Burma--Ethnic relations.
Films for the hearing impaired
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Other Titles:

National (Television program)

Notes:

Title from disc label. Reported by Patrick Brown. Originally broadcast in 2006 as a segment of the television program The national.

Summary:

"The Karen make up about seven percent of the population of Myanmar, formally known as Burma, and for decades, they've been fighting what's called the Forgotten War with the Burmese military. Patrick Brown introduces us to a Karen woman and her family as they leave behind a refugee camp, ethnic persecution, and an ongoing war, and embark on a journey from Burma to Canada"--CBC Learning Online.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232340446

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)