The Doctor and the Mountain People
(Le docteur et les montagnards)
by Raphael Peretti
Thailand, France
Director: Raphaël Peretti
Cinematographer: Raphaël Peretti
Editing: Raphaël Peretti, Julien Solignac Leconte
Production: YMEDIA Production
7 Bld Maréchal Fayolle
43000 Le Puy en Velay
France
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Year: 2008
DVD, Colour, 52 min,
OV Thai and French with French Subtitles
World Premiere
Persecuted by the Burmese army, mountain tribes emigrated in Thailand during last forty years. Today, one million mountain people live in Thailand. Thai government refuses to grant them citizenship. As they cannot go down to the cities, they have no access to education, hospitals, work or property. Politicians, who forbid their traditional slash-and-burn cultivations, leave them no alternative. Every year, rice, their only wealth, dwindles. We follow Dr David going from a village to another through the jungle of northern Thailand. He provides free medical care to the mountains tribes.
