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Running Time:
85 minutes
Screening Info:
Saturday, April 4 10:45AM Cinema Four Director(s):
Anders Ostergaard Producer(s):
Lise Lense-Moller, Fredrik Gertten, Torstein Nyboe, Helle Ulsteen Editor(s):
Thomas Papapetros, Janus Billeskov Jansen Cinematographer(s):
Simon Plum, Burma VJs Release Year:
2008 Country:
Denmark US Premiere |
How do you fight a brutal military dictatorship? Over the years, the cold-blooded rulers of Myanmar have fired on their own citizens during non-violent protests, placed opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, and closed the country to the world's view. When Buddhist monks began to march against the regime in September 2007, the Democratic Voice of Burma's staggeringly brave journalists used small digital camcorders to document the burgeoning demonstrations and subsequent violent repression. DVB activists smuggled the tapes out of the country for worldwide distribution. Anders Østergaard combines this startling on-the-scene footage with evocative reconstructions from the point of view of "Joshua," one of the DVB team in exile, to produce a riveting story of an intrepid people defying their oppressors. NK |



