I CHOOSE ME: Children in the Suriname Amazon - Documentary
2016 ж. 22 Мам.
392 140 Рет қаралды
"I Choose Me” is a documentary into the lives of adolescents in Suriname’s Amazon. The epic story of 4 indigenous adolescents that give testimony as to what their life is like and the choices they have made for survival, protection and reaching their full potential. The documentary also displays their living conditions and related issues ranging from environmental hazards to the lack of education opportunities. From shots taken themselves in Suriname’s beautifully conserved Amazon, to shots within the goldmines of Suriname’s interior, ‘I Choose Me’ brings you through the emotional journey of these adolescents, their fears, hopes, dreams, thoughts and choices, to better their own lives within their possibilities.
I like how Suriname was pronounced the Dutch way instead of the English way, even tho the narrator speaks English.
I don’t. I hate it. How about pronouncing it the way the original indigenous people intended it before Dutch rapists and thieves decided to take it.
@@BE-bk1tb Because they could not defend what was supposedly truly theirs (sadly). The Netherlands is one of the countries to point our fingers at, but not the first. But what was the intended pronunciation of the indigenous people?
@@BE-bk1tb I'm sorry, but how would you pronounce it the indigenous way?
@@serendipity8844 maybe you need to educate yourself how did black people come in Suriname ? They where shipped there and forced to do labor for White Dutch people.
*reminder* We should all bare in minds that the Netherlands wasn't Suriname's first colonizer, but it's longest.
I've lived there for a long time, and at first thought the same as a lot of you: WHY destroy nature, just for a piece of gold? But later on, after traveling and living with the indigenous, I came to realize that poverty really pushes people in a position where it can be hard to resist the gold. I have many friends who tried and tried to get an education, but failed because nobody could sponsor them. And from that place, it's hard to get a job. Judging these people isn't the way, supporting them in finding another way is.
Nikki Bogman Good to see you understand. Now, to find a way to help these people...
Today is mr chantoki things will change in are country
Always funny how these first world girls say “traveling and living with the ingenious” it actually means they have been fucked by the locals. And did she really think they destroy the nature for fun? Or that nobody would know that they are poor? 🤦♂️
@nikki bogman aka colonization.
How much is it to sponsor someone through school there?
My mom was born in Surinam and i live in the Netherlands. My mom didn’t raise me to speak Surinam and sometimes I wish I could understand or speak Surinam when my aunts are talking to me
Got the same thing they say it's rude to speak Surinam to your elders.
Jammer om te horen, ik heb precies hetzelfde.. maar ben wel van plan om er vaak heen te gaan
Suriname is a great place. They are happy where they live. A lot of my friends tell me to go live with the natives. They have everything there, even WiFi. Most people like to go there in vacations. The only thing Suriname cannot give is proper education. In these 10 years Suriname has destroyed itself with the debt taken by the government.
Suriname has better edeucation than in the netherlands.. atleast when i lived there. just saying.
I can say it has good education as i basically LIVE there Edit:not in the Amazon tho
@@user-kg8si7nu1l that's the biggest lie I've ever heard. The Netherlands has one of the best education systems in the world while Suriname is just a joke
useful gyaan the education here isn’t bad it’s just majorly underfunded
Ergenic Stats Yes the Netherlands does spend more on education and the children in the Netherlands do have more advanced stuff: good books, good chairs and tables, more advanced technology etc Buuuuutttttt that does not mean that the level of education in Suriname is bad it’s just that in Suriname there aren’t as much and as advanced tools as there are in the Netherlands and other 1st world countries.
ik hou van Surinameeee❤️
Jah toh
Ja 😍😍😍lobie kondre
@@samuangasalin1973 mi lob yu
When you understand every language in this video👌🏽
Than your dutch
no i'm a surinamer
Hoe versta je die mensen, die op javanen lijken, zij spreken portugees ofzo, je hoort af en toe een surinaamse woord zoals scorro.
@@holendrechterzuid-oost4211 ze zijn indianen en jha in suriname verstaan we elkaars talen vaak genoeg
Jethroin Koanting nee, de stads mensen verstaan de indianen niet hoor, ze verstaan de rest wel maar de indianen zijn toch andere volken met hun eigen taal.
I'm so proud to be surinamese ! look at these cultures! ❤❤ I'm triracial (black, white and indigenous) and I hope the best for my country ! ❤💪🏽
Yes, i am from Brazil, we are also a mix of indigenous, europeans and africans, we are neighbours and brothers.
@@leonardofonseca4598 exactly! i definitely support my french guyanese and brazilians brothers and sisters. we are the same ! 💪🏽
I am an older Dutch woman and still know of the time Suriname was a colony. We did terrible things from the 17th age until today to so many tribes all over the world. We can only repend and not turn back time, but I hope some day we can live in peace together.
Ornando Dijks in
Dank u groetjes uit suriname 🇸🇷
@cora van dijk the dutch, like yourself, can repent AND make non-violent helpful actions going forward
Dont worry, it was not your fault. Groetjes uit SU
Wow as an American this country is fascinating. I wouldn't mind visiting this place.
THESE AMERINDIAN PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFULLY MADE BY GOD. THEY ARE SO WISE TO NATURE AND WHAT UNIVERSAL WISDOM TEACHES YOU. STANDARD UNDERSTANDING. I WISH THAT ANNEKE AND CARISSA COULD COME TO TRINIDAD AND GET FREE EDUCATION IN DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
Thank you for the documentary If this comment gets 500 likes I will base my next film university 🎓project on Suriname 🇸🇷👩🏾🏫. Groetjes van de uk 🇬🇧.
@@dreamingbig3891 Thank you I that if all goes well , I will take you up on that advice :)
@@dreamingbig3891 it's I think everyone have those days 😅
Suriname has been fascinating me since I started doing research in early 2003. Such a unique combination of peoples converging: Native Amazonians, Africans, Javanese, Hindustanis and Europeans all converging to make Paramaribo and Suriname so incredibly unique. I still haven’t had the chance to go - on my bucket list 😊
Also Chinese and Jews and many people are a mix of all that. Suriname is a place that shows many cultures can live next to eachother in peace. But let us not forget Suriname has huge economic problems now post colonialism and their is a transgenerational trauma due to slavery.
beautiful video, good narrating and nice professional filming. The native Indian Girl is wise.. i like her comment that there is only one God and she doesnt need to be baptized over and over to be loved by God. Smart girl with great common sense.
Me as a native wish you a good life. Mitakuye oyasin
What do you mean with Indian? There is no one from India.
Indigenous or native american people are named indians too because when Christopher Columbus met them for the first time, he thought he had arrived in India.
@@lulumariano6515 U are so right and it surprising that a lot of people don't know about this even here in North America.
@@imgayasheck595 he didn't mean Indian as in from India. He meant native American who are also sometimes called Indians or Red Indians.
My mothers home 😍🇸🇷
Ssame lol
I am from Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. I have been to Suriname back when I was a rotoractor. Suriname is a beautiful country with friendly people. I especially loved the food and the sweet chilli sauce that they make there and the soap they make there as well. I plan to visit there again someday and stock backup on the chilli sauce
They look so much like Venezuelans, the features are so recognisable... I am kind of sad Venezuelans don't have so much interaction with the rest of the Guyanas, it is really important to say this because without the language barrier we definitely are very similar. Even the pronunciation is exactly the same prosody you can find in central to east Venezuela, amazing stuff.
Even the high school uniform is similar...
They definitely will benefit by importing Venezuelan horses, they can change the way of living in the country side. Hardy and wet tolerant they can survive in that weather.
Their situation is similar of that of the Pemon in Venezuela...
There should be an Interstate that stretches from Belem to Caracas. In America the Interstate system created work when it was built and it paid for itself in commerce and development many many man times over. I wish there were visionaries in South America who brought the countries together.
Venezuelan have suffered of racism and targeted in surname and the other non Spanish speaking countries. As refugees or migrates
wat een prachtige jeugd. dit is het vrije leven waar de kinderen deze tijd naar verlangen
i live in this country😘😘😘
Niva Alex ai mi de to
hi ik woon in Nederland maar ben Surinaams wel interesant
Faka
Ik woon ook in suriname Het is heel leuk wonen hier. 😚😚
TourdeFrance20131 ❤
This is beautiful
thanks for sharing video.
Outstanding presentation
Very beautiful.. interesting video!
Very good documentary, really showing different points of view
They are so blessed and I care about with my hold spirit heart and soul.
I love my Suriname. ❤️❤️❤️
Me too love and respect Suriname.. I am from India 🇮🇳
I was born in SURINAME 🇸🇷🇸🇷
My mom born in suriname, in paramaribo i love suriname❤
5:20 wow she is STUNNING
she is, that's the real beauty, all natural damn i like this girl.
Selena Gomez Acapella She has a moustache...
stop overacting she is ok..
i agree
Selena Gomez Acapella what county is that
Great storytelling... Super. ILoveSu
Love this... I learned something about my Suriname✊🏾🙌🏾
This is my country Suriname 🇸🇷❤️💪
Suriname my loving country❤🇸🇷
This documentary touched me greatly. I give general classes for elementary and secondary school. I wish someday I went to one these places and spent a season, giving crash courses on the general disciplines. These people only wish knowledge and an official statement that allows them to earn their keep and help their families. Yan's dream of becoming a ship captain is so beautiful, and so is the wish and resolve of the two sisters.
For the people that are confused In suriname our National language is dutch because we were a dutch colony until 1975,but in this video only pierre was speaking dutch.
I'm Ghanaian living in Belgium. At this point i'm hoping to meet Suriname friends who will take me to their homeland. God bless❤
You would be very welcome!
I live in belgië Too I’m from Suriname
This was a great insight! Pretty sad about the mercury levels and lack of resources. They have such strong visions, inspirational. Peace and positive vibes to all of their endeavors!
I wish I could come back and visit again. I loved the Surinamese people.
Prachtige Documentaire 👏🏽
I love Suriname ❤
I love it. Puur living life. Be free. Colonialism destroy every culture.
CA silva so true!!
Dutch murderers
CA silva Now it's globalism.
@@joshi3518 you know yess fuck the ones who trade people as slave but the bright sight they put a lot of culture together and i love all the cultures in suriname i am surinamese myself
Suriinam é rico culturalmente! Eis o lado bom do colonialismo flamengo !
At 11:28 he says sometimes he only finds 400g if gold?!? Even at $1200/oz that’s like $16,000?!?! Who is robbing this man?!
With that money all the guys need money,diesel, gas for the burner,mercury,parts for the crusher and engine and you have to pay the people who bring you diesel and you have to get the gold to the city and they will never give you the best price because they have to make money too.
It’s not that easy in a third world country , we get payed way less for what we deserves but the first comment explains it
Andrew James That much money is not worth as much as you think the worth is much less than 16,000
16k is for fully processed bullion
Suriname people get told their golf is worth less cause of the quality but it's bs... And btw all the places in third world countries get robbed from their gold by us white people we don't pay them anything but ask 30k a kilogram ourselves that should awnser it
The government needs to make some investment to help these people. Winning gold is not the solution
Parts of the country, even parts of the capital have no indoor plumbing or clean water. There is no money to invest in the Amazon. Priorities are different.
These people are happier than all of you.
@@johnvondaniken6545 The question right now is not the happiness of the people, but their healths. Drink water poisoned is absurdly dangerous! They must choosen if they want stay on their village or to study. No one can make the choosen for them! They must have the opportunity to do whatever they want! That's the point of the video! "I choose me".
Interessting video!
Dat is heel mooi en interesant
Mi lob mi sranang❤
I was living there for 5 years, I left three years ago and now I think that's the place I was free of the society. Now I live in a jungle of huge building and people that drive like crazy cow and becoming slave of day to day pay bills and taxes.
Que se puede hacer en Suriname? Es peligroso? Hay mucha corrupcion a nivel gubernamental? Saludos.
@@alexbernal4988 Yes
nice thank you so much
Prachtige film
Nice docu
Nice!
This was nice to watch because i live in suriname 😊 except i dont live in the amazon, i live in paramaribo
Buenas noches ! Surinam es ún País muy atrasado . 🌍🌲🌱
Love it! Arubaanse geschiedenis begint ook zo .
my suriname❤❤
Wong djowo
I lived in Suriname and I definitely would love to retire in 🇸🇷!❤️❤️❤️
nice I go there again
Such a beautifull country.
Bert Grol thank you❤
*Land
peace to all
Suriname is voor zomaar onafhankelijk!!! Liever waren we nogsteeds een colonie van the netherlands,alles zou perfect zyn hier!!!!!
Wow amazing video...!
I love surinam
NICE
i am from suriname!!
i live her,i love here.
It's the always the best choice... if you don't choose yourself who will do? In Brazil the mos indian people are educated in his own culture at the begining educational levels. I think that the good things must be copied... One day I'll visit Surinam, it seams to be a beautifull place. Hugs from Brazil!!!
I'm from suriname
Suriname❤
Mijn geboorteland♥♥ love Suriname
My home ❤💚💛
The destruction by posioning the forrest with Mercury is incredible. You can't blame the boy, but this is happening in so many places in the Amazon.
is overal hé meneer ik weet niet waar u bent maar ga maar eens naar buiten en kijk omhoog en kijkt u maar eens goed in de lucht u weet heus nog wel hoe het d´r eigenlijk uit moet zien
Aku wong Jawa, Indonesia. Hai sedulur, apa kabar wong Jawa ning Suriname? Moga-moga tambah sukses. Moga-moga negarane tambah maju.
Its a beautiful land
Eddy De Hart thank you❤
Such a lovely County Suriname . it's incredible, if you to speak hindi you can come to this lovely land with many hindi speakers.
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Damn peligroso..
So, this guy, and others, is polluting everyone's water and food supply, can't even take care of himself and is planning to knock up his girlfriend? What , so he can then abandon the both of them? No, don't have kids. Let the task of having children be left to people who can afford it please. I know it is a tough pill to swallow, , but it is a sign of respect to the unborn human to not bring it in such a bad situation.
Just my same thoughts.
Very well said! Thank you!
Preach that to baby's having baby's in North America
My home❤️
wi sa feri gi sranan!!!!
Stop destroying this beautiful place you need produce the land planting in agriculture and live from them .Money is more easy producing than killing yourself finding gold. Gold is curse metal ...but produce and you all be prosperous God bless.
The problem is education
they make me so angry to poison the river! they say no food what about eating the fish??? what about growing your own fruits! this is my country and they breaking it down... that makes me so sad!!!
i love d fact dat they give dem a choice
I love Su😘😘😘
Gotta love my country😍
I live in Paramaribo i understand English and Nederland's and i am living in Suriname for 14 years 🇸🇷👍
You mean dutch.
I'm from south africa . Ons praat amper die selfde taal maar bietjie anders . We call our language Afrikaans . Its almost like Dutch
@randy charles kill, ik woon in Suriname. Tuurlijk zeggen we nederlands. Maar als je in engels typt moet je ook gewoon in engels doorgaan.
Leuk video 👌 I am from Suriname but living right now in South Africa
Hey :) Was het gemakkelijk voor jij om Afrikaans te begrijpen ? Ik ben van Belgie (franstalige deel) maar ik lere het nederlands en ik vraag me af het is waar dat afrikaans gemakkelijk te begrijpen is waneer je nederlands kan spreken (sorry voor de fouten :) )
Omg i wanna go to suriname. Im from south afrika live in amerika. I feel like afrikaans and suriname sound more alike then dutch and afrikaans
Bellatrix ofWinterfell nope, suriname is close to afrikaans then dutch. I can read dutch90% and belguim 30%. But afrikaans is easy .
@@findingme..7885 u dumbass surinam aka sranantongo is not dutch. The white language they call afrikaans in s africa is plain old dutch. And they also speak dutch in surinam.
Wth goes from surinam to s africa?
what language are they speaking at 5:17?
excellent documentary. it conveys in very simple terms what the challenges, opportunities and stakes are in suriname. It's all about a fucked up incentive structure that they and all of us in all countries have. It's easy to criticize the kid mining for gold with mercury but like he says, if I don't do this, I starve. So what then?
@6:00 preach sis. Ain't no need.
want to visit this country.
its my country its a verry nice place, but this video's is make in a verry farr part of the country, this is in the Western ,
verry nice plce, i live her
I live there
+Luciano MJ wtf ben je soms gesoort ofzo, wat vr domme you app, je voelt je aangesproken,
wtf is jw probleem?? loop nr de klote
Fun fact:apetina has the shortest airstrip in suriname.
De echte bewoners van suriname. De indiamen
If I'd live there I'd never leave.
oldkidsjonge ❤
Er is maar één God en naar de kerk gaan is wat heel belangrijk is, hoorde ik een paar van de kids zeggen. Om zoiets te horen uit de mond van een kind dat in het oerwoud woont vind ik indrukwekkend.
Hahaha ik ga stuk om die valse fluit in het begin 😂
People see gold an start destroying their own livelyhood, poisen their own water and food ? So they can buy food with the gold?
How fucking stupid can u be
I've lived there for a long time, and thought the same as you: how stupid can people be? But later on I came to realize that poverty really pushes people in a position where it can be hard to resist the gold. I have many friends who tried and tried to get a education, but failed because nobody could sponsor them. And from that place, it's hard to get a job. Judging these people isnt the way, supporting them in finding another way is.
@@nikkibogman4859 Yes ok, but the ppl they show us have all they need. Their real treasure is the river with fish. REally, they dont need that gold in the first place
@@SuperGeert123 The surinamese government sells their land to gold mining companies. You may not understand but native surinamese people were not recognised as citizens by law and did not legally own property. The people who live there do not have any control over this.
@@unrelatedpopcornfire9823 These natives were self sufficient , and now lost their beautiful way of life. Of course I understand they got fooled, and I cant blame them for that
Motherland🇸🇷
I live here Suriname
Van welk jaar is deze vid trouwens?
i am from suriname
Shivani Sewpal ,,can,t u speak java
Shivani Sewpal what country is that
are you serious ? like, the video is about this country :')
Shivani Sewpal dat na ju ka zaak
Wiro Sableng not everyone here speak java.
Mercury is destroying my beautiful country Surinam......Stop with it ...money is not everything. ..😠
Ik ben zeer trots op Pierre. Ik bid en geloof dat zijn droom zal uitkomen in Jezus naam
I worked near Pierre kondre in the years and it was better than I can see on the very nice made docu. And last year i was Surinam on vacation . I cried every day everywhere iwent. After 30 years I could not regonized the place I lived the under the people chose as President is felling the country and the people most of them are not using the fertile soil to grow vegetable . It is a pity . Wen I lived there I never went to the marked I had 8 sorts of vegetables growing and a lot of fruits we went only for fish meet milk and bread to the shops . But now nearly no one in the city is using thre living space near the house to plant vegetable . Some streets , but when it rains all of them are like rivers the water is not flowing. thanks to the president a murder who is killing the country and keeping most of the people poor .