Burma VJ at NW Film Center 10/25
Burma Action Committee
Sunday, October 25th, as part of the “Voices in Action: Human Rights
on Film” series. A discussion panel hosted by Project Maje and the
Burma Action Committee and featuring local activists will follow.
The film is showing at Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art
Museum, at 1219 SW Park Avenue.
Details about the film:
Sun, Oct 25, 2009, 4:30 PM, Whitsell Auditorium
BURMA VJ—REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
DIRECTOR: ANDERS ØSTERGAARD
GREAT BRITAIN/DENMARK, 2008
Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese
reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling
their country. In 2007, after decades of self-imposed silence, Burma
became headline news across the globe when peaceful Buddhist monks led
a massive rebellion. More than 100,000 people took to the streets
protesting a cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for
more than 40 years. Foreign news crews were banned, the internet was
shut down, and Burma was closed to the outside world. So how did we
witness these events? Enter the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), aka
the Burma VJs. Compiled from the shaky handheld footage of the DVB,
Østergaard’s film pulls us into the heat of the moment as the VJs
themselves become the target of the Burmese government. Winner of the
Joris Ivens Award and Human Rights Award at the International
Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam.
( 85 min )
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Tara Horn
Burma Action Committee
http://bacportland.wordpress.com