Prisoners of a White God facts for kids
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| Directed by | Steve Lichtag |
| Produced by | Tomáš Ryška |
| Distributed by | Twin Star |
| Release date(s) | 2008 |
| Running time | 51 minutes |
| Language | Czech English |
Prisoners of a White God (Czech: Zajatci Bílého Boha) is a Czech documentary film about the Akha people, produced and distributed by Twin Star in September 2008.
The Akha are a people who inhabit the mountain regions of Southeast Asia. They live in small villages and cultivate crops such as rice using slash-and-burn agriculture. Their lives are governed by a spiritual/legal system called akhazang. Like other hill tribes, the Akha do not have Thai citizenship. As of the beginning of the 21st century, their traditional way of living was being attacked by the Thai and Laotian governments, Christian missionaries, and Western NGOs.
Awards
The documentary won the Grand Prixes at RAFF Film Festival, Ekofilm Festival, Festival of the Mountain Films, "It's Up To You" Film Festival, the Main Prize at Ekotopfilm in 2008 and the award for "the best script of a feature-length documentary film" at the Berdyansk International Film Festival.
See also
- Stolen Generations
- Friends of Peoples Close to Nature
- Canadian Indian residential school system
- Cultural genocide
