The title alone screams truth Sweden tried to bury — are you ready to witness it?
Ever since the first Roma people arrived in Sweden five hundred years ago, they have been discriminated against and persecuted. The lack of knowledge, invisibility and denial of the historical abuses that Roma have been exposed to is one of the many contributing causes of continued marginalization and vulnerability of Roma today. Here, the Roma tell of the abuses and persecutions they experienced during the 20th century. How it felt like as a child being constantly expelled from the camp, not infrequently in the middle of the night, with violence and under gunfire. Soraya Post from the traveling group tells how her mother, as a pregnant 23-year-old, was forced to abort her child in the seventh month. The reason: She was a "gypsy".
Writing
The title itself — reclaimed slur as weaponized testimony.
Direction
Linell lets survivors speak unadorned, no manipulative score.
Director
Jan Linell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title translates to 'Always Had to Hear Damn Gypsy' — a phrase Roma children heard daily, now weaponized as documentary provocation.
Released 2003, this predates Sweden's 2014 formal recognition of Roma as a national minority with special protections — the film helped force that reckoning.
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