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Reporting from a closed country trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. 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. Political movements, journalism, rebellion, demonstrations, protesters, burma, 20002009 director. The film tracks the brave new breed of young video journalists who, using hidden cameras, put their lives on the line to tell the real story of the. Unmistaken child picked up the inspiration award as well as a special jury award. Danish soldiers are sent to afghanistan in 2009 for 6 month, to help stabilize the country against taliban. Reporting from a closed country cert 12a peter bradshaw. Sep 01, 2010 tonight, i am very lucky to have watched burma vj from the start till the end of the screening time at meta house.

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. Burma vj was the first film to be screened at 10 downing street. Court rules in favour of mum who fled aus due to violent relationship radio new zealand. Reporting from a closed country 2009 full from nitroflare rapidgator uploaded turbobit extabit ryushare openload littlebyte zippyshare. Amid cheering crowds, a monk holds aloft an upturned alms bowl to indicate his brethrens. Originaltitel, burma vj reporting from a closed country.

The film offers a unique insight into highrisk journalism and dissidence in a police. 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. The cooperative is bringing to life the film burma vj. From the silently affecting propaganda of sergei eisenstein to pasolinis disturbing attack on the italian. The film was also seen by hilary clinton and gordon brown.

In 2007, burma became headline news across the globe when peaceful buddhist monks led a massive rebellion. Director anders ostergaard and producer lise lensemoller, the duo behind burma vj reporting from a closed country, received the documentary film honour, the roos award, saturday 29 august. Burma vj was nominated for a 2010 academy award for best documentary feature. Going beyond the occasional news clip from burma, this documentary brings us close to burmas video journalists who insisted on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Burma vj reporting from a closed country human rights. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal no actors.

Idfa 2017 trailer burma vj reporting from a closed country. This is a documentary film which you should not miss if you are interested in journalistic work. Reporting from a closed country by anders ostergaard. The sarajevo tunnel was completed in mid1993, which allowed food and. 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.

Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Burma vj reporting from a closed country was the big winner, picking up the anne dellinger grand jury award, the center for documentary studies filmmaker award and the working films award. Andre titler, burma vj reporting from a closed country. When i recall reporting burmas doomed prodemocracy uprising for time in september 2007, one image stands out. 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 reporting from a closed country, winner of the joris ivens award in 2008, is almost exclusively compiled from dvb footage. Foreign tv crews were banned from entering the country. Reporting from a closed country which documents the monkled revolution against the burmese government during the summer of 2007 through the use of. Burma vj reporter i et lukket land burma vj reporting from a closed. Reporting from a closed country critics consensus a powerfully visceral docudrama highlighting the evils of censorship and the essential need for.

Burma vj official theatrical trailer oscilloscope laboratories duration. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos and. Reporting from a closed country is a 2008 danish documentary film directed by anders ostergaard. Latest headlines watchmen series premiere is hbos mostwatched debut on digital platforms since westworld. Foreign news crews were banned, the internet was shut down, and burma was closed to the outside world. The english version of the burma chapter of the 2012 world report states that ethnic armed groups have been implicated in serious abuses, such as recruiting child soldiers, extrajudicial. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting the cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more than 40 years. Reporting from a closed country, the awardwinning story of the continuing fight for democracy in burma. 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.

Armed with small handycams the burma vjs keep on stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of rangoon. Listen to this interview with director anders ostergaard on nprs talk of the nation. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media. Reporting from a closed country, opening at new yorks film forum on may 20th. Mar 05, 2014 burma vj reveals the incredible bravery of burmese video journalists vjs during the 2007 saffron revolution. Burma vj reporting from a closed country singapore home. Show your support by telling everyone about this amazing film that will soon be release in singapore.

It follows the saffron revolution against the mili. Anders ostergaard and joshua of burma vj its easy to overlook burma vj in the sundance lineup a documentary about burmese reporters risking their lives to report on the conditions within their closed country sounds like the type of earnest, pedagogic film that offers up a pressing issue for audiences to tsk about and. Khin maung win one of the founders of the democratic voice of burma. Feb 24, 2010 director anders ostergaards film burma vj. 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. The film shows a group of young video journalists who try to bring news about the protesting in burma in 2007 to the outside world. Kudos to oscilloscope laboratories for their decision to distribute this crucially important documentary, burma vj.

Thousands of citizens of myanmar take to the streets in several cities to protest the asian nations repressive regime. Burma vj reporting from a closed country singapore. Reporting from a closed country politics and filmmaking are an explosive combo. Battle of long tan documentary danger close movie based on this story vietnam war duration. Truth as casualty an awardwinning documentary on the burma uprising is marred by heavy use of reconstructions by andrew marshall. Burma vj would be even more intense without its early announcement that some scenes have been restaged, putting the viewer in a regrettably uncertain relationship to what follows. Reporting from a closed country provides a frightening glimpse into a. Given an invisible theatrical release in the summer of 2009, and then seemingly disappeared into whatever ether awaits hbo documentary films acquisitions before they get around to airing on hbo, the danish documentary burma vj. Joshua, a young video journalist of 27, and his crew worked undercover to counter the militar. Burmas failed protestuprising is captured by an extraordinary and courageous platoon of videojournalists, writes peter bradshaw. 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. Burma vj articulates a circular, daunting, and inevitable logic.

Theyre stationed on armadillo military base in helman province. 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. Burma vj reporter i et lukket land det danske filminstitut. 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. Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in burma by thousands of monks. You will recognize some of the footage if you were watching the news on burma at the time. 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. Burma vj was the first film ever to be officially screened at 10 downing street at the invitation of sarah brown, the thenprime ministers wife to mark aung san suu kyis birthday. The opening shot of the oscarnominated documentary burma vj shows clandestine video footage of a single protester in 2007, standing at.

This academy awardnominated featurelength film charts the revolutionary tactics that a small media outpost. Reporting from a closed country documentary on directv. Burma vj, the film team were able to ensure key political figures could see the film. It follows the saffron revolution against the military regime in burma. Reporting from a closed country absolutely deserves better than its fate.