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 Monday 21 September
Screening and discussion
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and CEMUS–CSD Uppsala invite you to a screening of the award winning documentary film
Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country, and a follow up discussion on the struggle for democracy in Burma with prominent activists and politicians from the Burma democracy movement.
Where: Slottsbiografen, Nedre Slottsgatan 6, Uppsala
When: Monday 21 September at 18.15-20.30
(Cinema opens at 18.00, film starts at 18.15 sharp)
About the movie: Armed with video cameras, a brave group of Burmese reporters risk their lives to expose the brutalities of the military regime during the monk led demonstrations in Burma in September 2007. Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, Danish filmmaker Anders Østergaard brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. The film gives a unique insight to the monks protests and to life under the military dictatorship that has been ruling Burma for decades.
About the Burmese guests: Since 2001, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation has supported the Burma democracy movement through its project Another Development for Burma. Seven of the DHF’s collaborative partners are currently visiting Uppsala and will participate as panellists in a discussion after the film. The guests include leading activists from the student led uprising in Burma in 1988, who also played an important role in the 2007 protests. Among the guests are Dr Naing Aung, Secretary General of Forum for Democracy in Burma, and Khin Ohmar, President of the Network for Democracy and Development, recipient of the 2008 Anna Lindh Award.
 more about the project ‘Another Development for Burma’ |
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