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Burma Storybook
Poet and activist from Myanmar Maung Aung Pwint has spent large swathes of his life in prison. Now the country is free after 50 years…Published on: -
The Road to Mandalay
Powerful drama about the tragic love between two illegal immigrants from Myanmar in Bangkok. In a very troubling scene, Midi Z ingeniously shows how LPublished on: -
The Monk
Burma (Myanmar) is slowly starting to blossom again after years of dark dictatorship. Not many good films are being made there yet, but this is…Published on: -
Granny
Beautiful, meticulous, realistic drama about an old lady who finds a Burmese refugee girl in her home. Unsentimental to the end. She knows life.Published on: -
Jade Miners
A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, thePublished on: -
Return to Burma
At the moment, Myanmar (Burma) seems to be opening up slightly. Just before it did so, the young filmmaker Midi Z returned to his country…Published on: