Burma VJ - Reporter I Et Lukket Land (Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country) International Competition - Feature or Medium-Length Films ANDERS HØGSBRO ØSTERGAARD DINAMARCA / DENMARK 85', cor, Beta digital, 2008 Dialogues: FALADO EM INGLÊS / ENGLISH DIALOGUES Subtitles: LEGENDAS ELETRÔNICAS EM PORTUGUÊS / ELETRONIC PORTUGUESE SUBTITLES

2010: ESPAÇO UNIBANCO DE CINEMA (SÃO PAULO - SP): 09/04 - 15H00M ESPAÇO UNIBANCO DE CINEMA (SÃO PAULO - SP): 13/04 - 19H00M UNIBANCO ARTPLEX (RIO DE JANEIRO - RJ): 09/04 - 15H00M

Carrying a camera in a dictatorship like Burma means risking receiving a life sentence without even having a trial. This is precisely what happened to Japanese journalist, Kenji Nagai, 50 yo, who was killed by the Burmese police in 2007 when he was covering a Buddhist monks' protest against the country's military junta. In order to ensure that news on that democratic riot got to the international media, a local group of journalists got together and worked undercover to smuggle their images out of Burma which were broadcast in major media networks like CNN and BBC. The Burmese government then went on to target anyone carrying a camera, and have since sent some of these fearless reporters to prison. But this has not dampened the resolve of those on the outside who struggle for the survival of freedom of expression.

S: ANDERS HØGSBRO ØSTERGAARD, JAN KROGSGAARD | C: BURMA'S UNDERCOVER JOURNALISTS, SIMON PLUM | S: stereo | E: JANUS BILLESKOV JANSEN, THOMAS PAPAPETROS | SE: MARTIN HENNEL | P: LISE LENSE-MØLLER | EP: LISE LENSE-MØLLER | PC: MAGIC HOUR FILMS APS | 

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