BURMA VJ
synopsis
Armed with small handy cams, 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.
international title: | Burma VJ |
original title: | Burma VJ |
country: | Denmark |
sales agent: | First Hand Films |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Anders Østergaard |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | DK 12/11/2008 |
screenplay: | Anders Østergaard, Jan Krogsgaard |
cinematography by: | Simon Plum, Burmese Video Journalists |
film editing: | Janus Billeskov Jansen, Thomas Papapetros |
producer: | Lise Lense-Møller |
production: | Magic Hour Films APS |
backing: | The Danish Filministitute, DR Dokumentar, Danida (DK), Channel Four Television Corporation (UK) |