Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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Burma1
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- When
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Mar 14, 2010 – Mar 28, 2010
Sundays (6pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$9 - 11
- Links
“A collective of incredibly brave, anonymous journalists (the VJs of the title aren't your average MTV talking cliche, don't worry), risked everything to cover Burma's protests, and civilians' (and monks') clashes with the oppressive government and military police. It may not have nabbed the Best Documentary Oscar it was nominated for, but you'll definitely be moved and awed by this International Human Rights Award-winning film.”
Walker Glascock, Flavorpill
2009. Anders Østergaard. 84 minutes. Sweden/Norway. Color.
“Rich, thought-provoking. But while the film refuses despair, it also declines to traffic in hopes that may prove, once again, illusory. Instead it tries, with a fascinating mixture of directness and sophistication, to tell the truth. ” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times
While 100,000 people (including 1,000s of Buddhist monks) took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for over 40 years, foreign news crews were banned to enter and the Internet was shut down. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs) recorded these historic and dramatic events on handycams and smuggled the footage out of the country, where it was broadcast worldwide via satellite. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police – even after they themselves become targets of the authorities.
