Reporting from a closed country tuesday, june 9, 2009 burma vj. Film soars as an educational vehicle when its lessons are subtle, when its answers remain unclear, and when its lessons might just be a bit. Burma vj articulates a circular, daunting, and inevitable logic. It follows the saffron revolution against the mili. Burma vjreporting from a closed country mountainfilm. In 2007, burma became headline news across the globe when peaceful buddhist monks led a massive rebellion. Kudos to oscilloscope laboratories for their decision to distribute this crucially important documentary, burma vj. Reporting from a closed country trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Burma vj reporting from a closed country, winner of the joris ivens award in 2008, is almost exclusively compiled from dvb footage.
Armed with small video cameras, a tenacious band of burmese reporters risk torture and life. Its a good question, and one that burma vj takes one small step toward answering. Reporting from a closed country online free full video. Reporting from a closed country watch movie 2009 burma vj. The paley center for media and human rights watch present this free screening and panel featuring burma vj, a 2009 academy award finalist for best feature length documentary.
It opens at the film forum on wednesday, may 20th, before expanding in the coming weeks and months. Reporting from a closed country 2009 thousands of citizens of myanmar take to the streets in several cities to protest the asian nations repressive regime. Reporting from a closed country, opening at new yorks film forum on may 20th. An undercover reporter, joshua is never wholly visible in burma vj. Feb 24, 2010 director anders ostergaards film burma vj. Foreign news crews were banned, the internet was shut down, and burma was closed to the outside world. Burma vj reporting from a closed country human rights. Jul 18, 2009 s ubtitled reporting from a closed country, this admirable danish documentary brings together remarkable footage covertly shot in the streets of rangoon by courageous burmese video journalists. Offering a rare glimpse inside the country, burma vj uses footage shot largely by these undercover reporters to recount in riveting detail these dramatic events. Vj the dvb is an organization of burmese underground videographers and reporters who try to document repression in their country, and smuggle it out of. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media.
Armed with small video cameras, a tenacious band of burmese reporters risk torture and life imprisonment to maintain the flow of news from the streets of rangoon. Burma vj received its american premiere at the 2009 sundance film festival. You will recognize some of the footage if you were watching the news on burma at the time. Assembled from footage shot surreptitiously on handycams, burma vj. Since then burma has been closed to the outside world. Reporting from a closed country by director anders ostergaard from norway, where dvb is based, is their story. In burma joshua, a young video journalist of 27, works undercover to counter the military regimes propaganda and keep the world informed about the state of affairs inside the closed country. Reporting from a closed country which documents the monkled revolution against the burmese government during the summer of 2007 through the use of. Documenting the saffron revolution so yes, its true that joshua was arrested at the beginning of the uprising and actually had to leave the country, which was, of course, a bit of a challenge to the film. Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in burma by thousands of monks. The last major protests, led by students in 1988, were brutally repressed. Reporting from a closed country is a 2008 danish documentary film directed by. Reporting from a closed country provides a frightening glimpse into a repressive regime.
Reporting from a closed country is at various london cinemas from sunday to tuesday as part of the human rights watch international film. Reporting from a closed country 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Show your support by telling everyone about this amazing film that will soon be release in singapore. It shows vividly how a military dictatorship can brutally suppress demonstrators. The film received an oscar nomination for best documentary feature, but lost to the cove. Burma vj reporting from a closed country is a passionate, powerful danishnorwegian documentary about the burma uprising of augustseptember 2007. Reporting from a closed country is being distributed by oscilloscope pictures. Feb 22, 20 a rare and exceptional look into the 2007 uprising in burma where 100,000 people, including thousands of buddhist monks, peacefully took to the streets to protest the country s repressive regime. Oscarnominated and honoured with over 50 international awards, this film on burmas secret video reporters is. Led by buddhist monks, more than 100,000 people took to the streets to march peacefully against the military dictatorship that had held the country in an iron grip for over 40 years. An international breakthrough followed in 2004 with tintin and i and in 2006 he launched gasolin the bestselling documentary in the history of danish cinema followed by oscar nominated burma vj reporting from a closed country, which caught global attention and received 47 international awards. The shaky handheld camera has long been a popular shortcut tool of nonfiction films and fiction ones not trying to appear as such to help convey immediacy, as the increased lack of stability in the image can lend a greater sense of danger or consequence to even the most mundane, generic of scenes. Going beyond the occasional news clip from burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, anders ostergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage.
Reporting from a closed country cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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. Reporting from a closed country by anders ostergaard burma vj is a documentary about the undercover citizen journalists with the democratic voice of burma, an organization that takes extraordinary risks to smuggle video documentation out of burma, where all media is banned. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting the cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more than 40 years. Listen to this interview with director anders ostergaard on nprs talk of the nation. Bush anders ostergaard jan krogsgaard 2009 a brave band of burmese journalists risk their lives to expose the crimes of the repressive government that controls their country. Its tricky for any film to follow the rigid rules of a true documentary. Reporting from a closed country which documents the monkled revolution against the burmese government during the. Burma vj full movie watch online, stream or download chili. Reporting from a closed country the globe and mail. December 2, 2009 the word brave is thrown around too liberally in hollywood.
Anders ostergaards awardwinning documentary shows a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group, democratic voice of burma. Burma vj candid cameras a new film on burma, screened at downing street last week, shines a spotlight on tyranny and protest. Burma vj reporter i et lukket land er en dokumentarfilm fra 2009 instrueret af anders ostergaard efter manuskript af anders ostergaard, jan krogsgard filmen blev i 2009 tildelt en robert for arets lange dokumentarfilm. Political movements, journalism, rebellion, demonstrations, protesters, burma, 2000 2009. Reporting from a closed country 2009 follows both rules fairly a certain extent, at least. Jan 14, 2009 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. Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in burma.
The film offers a unique insight into highrisk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a thorough documentation of the. Aye chan is the executive director of the democratic voices of burma dvb, a collective of anonymous underground video journalists vjs who record events at great risk inside that troubled and largely closed country, smuggle the footage out and then broadcast it worldwide via satellite. This academy awardnominated featurelength film charts the revolutionary tactics that a small media outpost, democratic voice of burma, has undertaken to smuggle video footage out of their country. Film festival 2009 amnesty internationals a matter of act award. Burma vj reporting from a closed country singapore. Khin maung win one of the founders of the democratic voice of burma.
Burma vj reporter i et lukket land danish film institute. The situation in burma now is pretty much the same as in 2007, says aye chan naing. Burma vj, anders ostergaards documentary about the anonymous cameramen known as the democratic. The vj s in this film were the ones that smuggled footage to western news agencies. For several vital days, the democratic voice of burma overcomes the militarys media. Reporting from a closed country is a 2008 danish documentary film directed by anders ostergaard. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for burma vj. Reporting from a closed country streaming, download, vod, torrent, divx, megavideo, megaupload, rapishare of burma vj.
Unrated 1h 24min documentary, history, news 9 january 2009 denmark. Burma vj reporting from a closed country singapore home. Burma vj is a rich, thoughtprovoking film not only because of the story it tells, but also because of the perspective it offers. Reporting from a closed country is at various london cinemas from sunday to tuesday as part of the human rights watch. Reporting from a closed country by anders ostergaard. The film follows a collective of undercover video journalists in burma called the democratic. Visit the film s official website to watch a trailer. The film is narrated by one of the vjs, codenamed joshua, who, early in the movement, is made by the burmese authorities. Told almost entirely in the language of handheld video. Armed with pocketsized video cameras, a tenacious band of burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. Get the latest movie times, trailers and celebrity interviews.
Burma vj reporting from a closed country 2009 denmark duration. It follows the saffron revolution against the military regime in burma. Aung san suu kyi, the country s beloved activist, is also a nobel peace laureate, the only one so honored who is under house arrest. Reporting from a closed country documentary on directv. Reporting from a closed country are shaky and blurred, captured with video cameras small enough to be. Bravery fills dispatches from myanmar the new york times. Reporting from a closed country 2009 full from nitroflare rapidgator uploaded turbobit extabit ryushare openload littlebyte zippyshare.
Thousands of citizens of myanmar take to the streets in several cities to protest the asian nations repressive regime. Reporting from a closed country the opening shot of the oscarnominated documentary burma vj shows clandestine video footage of a single protester in 2007, standing at the gates of the united nations building in rangoon. 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. I knew very little about myanmar prior to watching this film, but learnt much from it. This film offers a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in myanmar through.