Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country (DVD) Reviews
Newest Review: ... Burma's police-state regime. As the film develops, one such video journalist, named Joshua, narrates the events as they ... more
... occur and offers background information about the Burmese situation. We are shown how the videos were made, how they were channelled out and, crucially, what the consequences of their actions were. The video footage itself is compelling, and offers an insight into a country which operates behind closed doors. Police brutality is documented extensively, and the film progresses well and at an easy-to-understand pace. You will often be shocked and moved when you remember that this is real footage, and not reconstructed, as yo...more
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Burma VJ [DVD] [2008] United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Danish ( Do ... Last Update 24.05.2013 03:53
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Customer Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country (DVD) Reviews (1)
by - written on 06/07/10 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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Harrowing, insightful and incredibly gripping, Burma VJ is a master-class in documentary films which treats a delicate matter in recent history with great care and manages to maintain interest throughout. The film centres on the situation in Burma at the end of 2007, where anti-governmental protests grew larger and larger and gained momentum for the first time since 1988. In 1988, such protests ended in the deaths of around 3,000 people at the hands of state police. This documentary aims to show the footage of reporters within Burma, who, risking their lives, filmed the situation as it progressed and smuggled their footage to Norway. This footage was then ... Read the complete review
