Wiren

Wiren (2019)

Drama

When nine-year-old Wiren meets the American Dr. Young a world of opportunities opens up for the small deaf boy. Driven by his ambition to get ahead in life he leaves his life in rural Nickerie behind and winds up at the Kennedy boarding school in the capital Paramaribo. He struggles to comply to the strict, conservative Catholic methods at the school, but turns out to become the catalyst for the change that leads to the introduction of sign language. After being rejected by the university he realizes that deaf people do not enjoy the same rights and opportunities as hearing people. Witnessing the constant withhold of deaf people in Suriname leads Wiren to seek justice by suing the government to coerce them to adhere to the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities. Will he succeed?

Director: Ivan Tai-Apin

Casts

	Altaafkhan Dhonre as Wiren
	Anthony Frazier as Dr. Young
	Borger Breeveld as Dr. Emanuels
	Erwin Emanuels as Father Lily
	Idi Lemmers as Wiren
	Rafe Leysner as Wiren
	Kavita Ramphal as Mother Wiren
	Gaby Treurniet as Lily
	Rajiv Ganga as Elementary school director
	Pearl Brunings as Judge

Crew