Moo: From a Refugee Camp on the Thai-Myanmar Border follows 23-year-old Moo, a Burmese refugee girl preparing to leave Mae Sot, Thailand, for university. Raised in a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border, she now studies for her GED in a safe house while caring for more than ten younger Burmese students. Through Moo’s life in the safe house, the landfill community, and Mae La Camp, the film explores how documents, work, poverty, and education are tied together for Burmese refugees and migrants. Yet it does not only record hardship. It also captures songs, selfies, family meals, small shops, and acts of care. Moo’s journey is not simply an escape from the camp, but a new beginning: she hopes to study business and one day bring that knowledge back to her community.
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