Bibliograph

Burma VJ, reporting from a closed country, Magic Hour Films presents ; in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; Kamoli Films ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard & Jan Krogsgaard ; produced by Lise-Lense Møller ; director, Anders Østergaard

Type

Label

Burma VJ, reporting from a closed country, Magic Hour Films presents ; in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; Kamoli Films ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard & Jan Krogsgaard ; produced by Lise-Lense Møller ; director, Anders Østergaard

Language

bur

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Burma VJ

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

607117850

Responsibility statement

Magic Hour Films presents ; in co-production with WG Film and Mediamente ; Kamoli Films ; a film by Anders Østergaard ; script by Anders Østergaard & Jan Krogsgaard ; produced by Lise-Lense Møller ; director, Anders Østergaard

Runtime

Sub title

reporting from a closed country

Summary

Acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma 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 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 whole world has witnessed single event clips made by the VJs, but for the very first time, their individual images have been carefully put together and at once, they tell a much bigger story. 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

Technique

live action

Classification