Fwd: burma film in portland

[Burma Action Committee]

Burma film in Portland and other events:

The acclaimed documentary "Burma VJ" about underground video journalism during the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Burma, will be playing at the Fox Tower cinema in downtown Portland (846 SW Park Ave, 503-221-3280) starting June 5th. There will be several showings each day, and it is expected to play there for at least a week.  
Following the June 5th and 6th 7:35 PM showings of "Burma VJ" at the Fox Tower (Portland, Oregon) there will be an audience Q&A session with Burma expert Edith Mirante and a member of Portland's Burmese exile community. They will provide information on how the 2007 Saffron Revolution, depicted in "Burma VJ" relates to the current situation in Burma and the trial of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
For more information about "Burma VJ" see:
www.burmavj.com
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36728377426&ref=ts

other upcoming events in Portland:

Green Empowerment benefit Cinelayan film festival of documentaries from The Philippines, June 5 & 6: www.cinelayan.net/

20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square demonstrations, program by Amnesty International Group 48 at Central Library, June 6 at 2:00 pm with a presentation of the PBS Frontline documentary, “The Tank Man." For more information, call 503-227-1878 or visit http://aipdx.org

READING CULTURE: BURMA, a one day seminar at Lewis & Clark College, June 27 (registration by June 10 is encouraged.)
For more information and to register:
www.lclark.edu/dept/ccps/readingburma.html



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Donations to help the people of Burma can be made to:
Global Health Access Program, funding indigenous medical teams and clinics:
www.ghap.org/
Burma Humanitarian Mission, delivering medical supplies and training:
www.burmamission.org/

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is the latest book by Edith Mirante (author of "Burmese Looking Glass")
published by Orchid Press:
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Available at Powells.com:
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It can also be requested from your local bookshop or ordered at:
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