Blood Berries – A horror story in Finland’s forests

[Members free, non-members 300 baht, students and local journalists with ID 150 baht.]

This powerful film made by the Isaan Record is being screened for the first time in Bangkok at the FCCT. It documents the harrowing experience of Thai workers who were flown to Finland to pick wild berries in the forests. There they worked brutally long hours, lived in spartan accommodation with inadequate food, only then to find that with all the deductions taken from their wages they were left with little money saved at the end of their contract.

Last month a court in Finland sentenced the chief executive of a Finnish berry company, and a Thai accomplice, to three years in prison for human trafficking. Finland has also now changed immigration and work permit rules to prevent foreign workers from being brought in on tourist visas to carry out seasonal berry picking.

This is a very moving and beautifully filmed documentary, not to be missed.

The event will be moderated by the BBC’s Jonathan Head, and there will be bringing a panel of speakers, including the director Hathairat Phaholtap.

A trailer for the documentary can be seen here: https://youtu.be/vgPSEvQhY8g

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