Burma in Pieces
Verzio FF Submission Duration: 00:45:00 Shot illegally and often covertly in Burma and Thailand over 2 years, “Burma in Pieces” is a poetic sound and visual metaphor of life under a military dictatorship, pieced together from 150 hours of original material, interviews and archive footage. Filmed on...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English Myanmar |
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Sisyphuz Film Production
2010
Denmark |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c3580892-8ca9-4a81-9b51-e5149b93ec29 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
Duration: 00:45:00
Shot illegally and often covertly in Burma and Thailand over 2 years, “Burma in Pieces” is a poetic sound and visual metaphor of life under a military dictatorship, pieced together from 150 hours of original material, interviews and archive footage. Filmed on bustling city streets and in remote mountain villages, in trains and markets, guerrilla resistance compounds in the landmine infested Burmese jungle, refugee camps on the Thai border, Buddhist temples, schools and kick boxing tournaments, the film offers intimate and unique observations of life in Burma under the shadow of the military dictatorship that controls it. For decades, the horrific human rights violations and political oppression in Burma has gone untold and unnoticed by the world, and while this situation has changed in recent years, Burma is still a closed society and its people remain distant statistics in a world desensitized by the horrors of conflict. The film therefore attempts to offer a detailed, nuanced human perspective of the nature of fear and oppression by bringing the audience into the lives, homes and environments of the Burmese people, thus experiencing their warmth, struggle and sacrifice. |
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| Published: | 2010 |