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Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country
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Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country
IDFA 2008

Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country

Anders Ostergaard
Denmark, Sweden, England, Norway
2008
90 min
International Premiere
Festival history
IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary

Armed with small handycams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite. ”Joshua”, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters, as Buddhist monks in September 2007 lead a massive uprising. Foreign TV crews are banned from the country, so it’s left to Joshua and his crew to keep the revolution alive on TV screens all over. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target.

Credits
Director
Co-production
    WG Film AB,
    Mediamente AS,
    Kamoli Films
    WG Film AB,
    Mediamente AS,
    Kamoli Films
Involved TV Channel
    DR Dokumentar,
    SVT,
    NRK,
    Channel 4
    DR Dokumentar,
    SVT,
    NRK,
    Channel 4
World Sales
    First Hand Films
    First Hand Films
Screening copy
    Magic Hour Films
    Magic Hour Films