Burma VJ, reporting from a closed country, Magic Hour Films presents in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; in association with HBO Documentary Films, DR, 4, WDR, Arte, SVT, WG Film, Mediamente, Kamoli Films, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordsk Film & TV Fond, The Freedom of Expression Foundation, CBC News World, NRK ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard and Jan Krogsgaard ; director, Anders Østergaard ; producer, Lise-Lense Møller
Type
Label
Burma VJ, reporting from a closed country, Magic Hour Films presents in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; in association with HBO Documentary Films, DR, 4, WDR, Arte, SVT, WG Film, Mediamente, Kamoli Films, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordsk Film & TV Fond, The Freedom of Expression Foundation, CBC News World, NRK ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard and Jan Krogsgaard ; director, Anders Østergaard ; producer, Lise-Lense Møller
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Burma VJ
Oclc number
607117850
Responsibility statement
Magic Hour Films presents in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; in association with HBO Documentary Films, DR, 4, WDR, Arte, SVT, WG Film, Mediamente, Kamoli Films, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordsk Film & TV Fond, The Freedom of Expression Foundation, CBC News World, NRK ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard and Jan Krogsgaard ; director, Anders Østergaard ; producer, Lise-Lense Møller
Runtime
89
Sub title
reporting from a closed country
Summary
"Anders Østergaard's ... documentary ... is a rare and exceptional look into the 2007 uprising in Burma (Myanmar) where 100,000 people, including thousands of Buddhist monks, peacefully took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for over forty years. During the uprising, the military turned their guns on the peaceful protestors, and blood spilled in the streets. Foreign news reporters were banned and the internet shut down. But Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of thirty anonymous and underground citizen video journalists (VJs), heroically bore witness to the historic events and secretly videotaped what they saw. Through a dedicated network of supporters, they smuggled the footage out of the country, where it was broadcast via satellite to a world horrified by the violence against a people fighting for democracy. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly documented the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police -- even after they became targets of the authorities. Burma VJ represents their inspiring stories of courage and hope and the undying spirit of a people fighting for freedom"--Container
Technique
live action
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Reporting from a closed countryBurma video journalistsReporter i et lukket land
Contributor
- Association relative à la télévision européenne
- Mediamente (Firm)
- Østergaard, Anders, 1965-
- Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
- CBC Newsworld
- Sveriges television
- Svenska filminstitutet
- Norsk rikskringkasting
- WG Film (Firm)
- Magic Hour Films
- Papapetros, Thomas
- First Hand Films (Firm)
- Malmqvist, Conny
- Krogsgaard, Jan
- Plum, Simon
- Lense-Møller, Lise
- DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Kamoli Films
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk
- Billeskov Jansen, Janus, 1951-
- Channel Four (Great Britain)
- HBO Documentary Films
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- Documentary films
- Human rights -- Burma
- Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
- Buddhism and politics -- Burma
- Journalistes -- Birmanie -- Entretiens
- Journalisme d'enquête -- Birmanie
- Journalistes -- Birmanie
- Nonfiction films
- Pacifism + Religious aspects + Buddhism
- Government and the press -- Burma
- Burma -- Armed Forces -- Political activity
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Birmanie
- Feature films
- Documentaires
- Democracy -- Burma -- History
- Burmese films
- Democratic Voice of Burma
- Freedom of the press -- Burma
- Buddhist monks + Political activity -- Burma
- Burma -- History -- 1988-
- Birmanie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1988-
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- Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
- CBC Newsworld
- Sveriges television
- Svenska filminstitutet
- Norsk rikskringkasting
- WG Film (Firm)
- Magic Hour Films
- First Hand Films (Firm)
- DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Kamoli Films
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk
- Channel Four (Great Britain)
- HBO Documentary Films
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- Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
- CBC Newsworld
- Sveriges television
- Svenska filminstitutet
- Norsk rikskringkasting
- WG Film (Firm)
- Magic Hour Films
- Papapetros, Thomas
- First Hand Films (Firm)
- Malmqvist, Conny
- Krogsgaard, Jan
- Plum, Simon
- Lense-Møller, Lise
- DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Kamoli Films
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk
- Billeskov Jansen, Janus, 1951-
- Channel Four (Great Britain)
- HBO Documentary Films
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- Documentary films
- Human rights -- Burma
- Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
- Buddhism and politics -- Burma
- Journalistes -- Birmanie -- Entretiens
- Journalisme d'enquête -- Birmanie
- Journalistes -- Birmanie
- Nonfiction films
- Pacifism + Religious aspects + Buddhism
- Government and the press -- Burma
- Burma -- Armed Forces -- Political activity
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Birmanie
- Feature films
- Documentaires
- Democracy -- Burma -- History
- Burmese films
- Democratic Voice of Burma
- Freedom of the press -- Burma
- Buddhist monks + Political activity -- Burma
- Burma -- History -- 1988-
- Birmanie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1988-
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- Norsk rikskringkasting
- WG Film (Firm)
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