Sun 14th Feb, 12.30pm
The Co-operative both sponsors and presents this very special screening at the Universal Hall. Acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists risking torture and life in jail in Burma. These courageous young citizens live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. Armed with small handycams the Burma VJs as they are called, stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of Rangoon. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media. The film offers a unique insight into high-risk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a thorough documentation of the historical and dramatic days of September 2007, when the Buddhist monks started marching.
“…demonstrates what can be done through the ingenious use of small cameras and mobile phones by brave, resourceful opponents of oppressive regimes.” The Observer
free (courtesy of the Co-operative)