I'm Fine

2008, 3 minutes
A Southeast Asian person sits in a metal cage outside of the Democracy Monument in the city center of Bangkok, Thailand. Their hair is in a short bob with a fringe and they wear an off the shoulder dress decorated with a large necklace and earrings.
Genre
experimental   short (less than 45 min)  
Keywords/themes
family   estranged   trans women   white people   archival footage  
Media type
film/video  
Alternate titles

I'm Fine Sa-bai-dee-lah

Country of origin

Thailand

Production company

BBC Storyville

Big Sky Film Productions

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Sundance TV

Technical specs

B/W

Colour

Languages

English/English

Subtitle languages

English/English

Content Warnings
trauma, hospital, medicine
Images
A Southeast Asian person sits in a metal cage outside of the Democracy Monument in the city center of Bangkok, Thailand. Their hair is in a short bob with a fringe and they wear an off the shoulder dress decorated with a large necklace and earrings.
Description

In Democracy Square (countries that have difficulty with democracy have a square for it) someone is sitting in a cage. He's doing fine. Of course it's a political protest - what else would it be? - but just like the person in the cage, the maker also acts as if everything is just fine. Everything is going well. Thailand is doing well.

(IFFR) International Film Festival Rotterdam. “I Am Fine.” Accessed January 31, 2024. https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2009/films/i-am-fine.
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