Burma VJ
Year: 2009
Length: 85:00
Director: Anders Østergaard
Editor: Janus Billeskov-Jansen & Thomas Papapetros
Writer: Anders Østergaard & Jan Krogsgaard
Cinematographer: Simon Plum & The Burmese VJs
Producer: Lise-Lense Moller
Music: Conny Malmqvist
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Anders Østergaard's award-winning documentary shows a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in Myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group, Democratic Voice of Burma.
10,000 people (including 1,000s of Buddhist monks) took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for over 40 years. Foreign news crews were banned to enter and the internet was shut down. The Democratic Voice of Burma, 30 anonymous and underground video journalists recorded these historic and dramatic events on handy cams and smuggled the footage out of the country, where it was broadcasted worldwide.
Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police--even after they themselves become targets of the authorities.
Cecilia Valsted (Assistant Producer), Martin Hennel (Sound Designer)
Q & A with Buddhist Monks U Pyinya Zawta & U Agga Nyana!
Show Times:
Thursday, November 12, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM @ Jengo's Playhouse
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