About

I’ve long maintained that the forests are the source of our complexity, and that each of us carry the forests within us.  When we destroy the forests, we destroy part of ourselves. Roy Garner, writer / poet.

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo.

Sarawak Gone is a micro-docs series raising awareness to the gradual decimation of the indigenous life and culture of Sarawak, the struggle to maintain customary right to land and the rapidly decreasing habitats that are also home to countless protected and endangered flora and fauna.

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo and is home to more than 40 unique sub-ethnic groups, or Dayaks. These include the Penan, Iban, Bidayuh, Kenyah and Kelabit.

Presented by former OPEN CHANNEL Program Director, Andrew Garton, the series explores two communities, the Bidayuh and the Penan, located at near either end of the state and draws on 20 years of Garton’s support for social justice projects there.

In addition, Sarawak Gone, furthers the work of global commons and open content practitioners in advancing the use of open content licenses in video and media production in general.

This site acts as home base for the core content of the micro-docs series published, where applicable, under an Attribution only Creative Commons license. It will include scripts, transcripts, select video footage, photos, sounds, music and the micro-docs themselves. Read Garton’s rational for the use of the Attribution only license.

Each episode is published with a synopsis providing information on the content and scope of the episode alongside a full post-production script.

Sarawak Gone tells the stories of Sarawak’s forest communities through multiple mediums to the widest possible audience.