FLJS Films presents: Golden Kingdom, with director Brian Perkins

FLJS Films is pleased to present a special screening of Golden Kingdom, the acclaimed first international feature film to be produced in Myanmar since its reopening. Director Brian Perkins will discuss the film and its genesis. Set and shot in a remote monastery in Shan State — a region in which separatists have fought a decades-long war against the Myanmar government — Golden Kingdom follows the story of four young monks, each endearingly and intelligently played by local non-professional actors. When their simple life of meditation and play is interrupted by an urgent call to engage with the vastly more threatening environment of the country at large, the film depicts the physical and spiritual journey of one of the boys through the troubled country as civil strife breaks out. Donations are invited to MSF's Rohingya Refugee Crisis appeal to provide vital helathcare to Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar.