Burmese Documentary Film

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Phnom Penh: there will be a Burmese short documentaries on Tuesday ( 05/01, 7 PM) . This present  by members of the YANGON FILM SCHOOL, who will take the audience BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN.

Human rights in Burma (or Myanmar) are a long-standing concern for the international community and human rights organizations. There is general consensus that the ruling military regime is one of the world's most repressive and abusive regimes. UK filmmaker Lindsey Merrison conducted editing workshops with aspiring Myanmar filmmakers in the capital Yangon, supported by the Heinrich-Boell Foundation and the Goethe Institute. Most of the participants had never seen a modern editing suite before. With the help of foreign professionals they learned how to assemble 8 short films (2006, 120mins). Tonight we will take a look behind the “bamboo curtain”…