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The Irrawaddy News MagazineDetained Burma VJ's Birthday Marked with Film ScreeningThe Irrawaddy News Magazine“Burma VJ,” a documentary by Danish director Anders Østergaard, highlighted the role of DVB's video journalists during the Buddhist monk-led Saffron Revolution. The film provided graphic evidence of the brutality used to suppress the peaceful ...DVB reporter spends 30th birthday in prisonReporters without borders (press release)all 2 news articles »
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RealscreenSpike Lee, Martin Scorsese, “30 for 30″ docs win Peabody AwardsRealscreenOther winners include Anders Østergaard's Burma VJ; True Vision's BBC4 series Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children; and the BBC's Wonders of the Solar System with Brian Cox, which aired in the US on Science.and more »
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Indie Wire (blog)Oscilloscope Acquire 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'Indie Wire (blog)... the Academy Award(R)-nominated THE GARDEN from Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Anders Ostergaard's Academy Award(R)-nominated BURMA VJ, Nati Baratz's UNMISTAKEN CHILD, Oren Moverman's Academy Award(R)-nominated THE MESSENGER starring Woody Harrelson, ...and more »
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VarietyPeabody board casts wide netVarietyAfter all, this is a list that not only includes such well-known network shows as "The Good Wife" and cable series like "Men of a Certain Age" and "Justified," but also such docs as "Burma VJ," containing surreptitiously shot video of protests against ...and more »
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Academy Docs Spotlight Stories of Political Struggle and Defiance May 25Broadway World"Woman Rebel" and "Burma VJ" will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 29th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, May 25, at 7 pm at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. ...
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In Burma, reporting is a crimeThe AustralianLast week, one day after the UN's World Press Freedom day, DVB launched a Free Burma VJ (video-journalists) campaign in an attempt to push for their release, publicly conceding for the first time that the total of DVB reporters behind bars had reached ...
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THE STAR of an Oscar nominated movie is coming to Redhill to speak at a ...www.thisissurreytoday.co.ukDrama-documentary Burma VJ, which tells of the uprising by Buddhist monks in Burma in 2007, is being screened at the Harlequin Theatre on May 17. The film's star, known only as Joshua to protect his identity, will appear to speak to viewers about the ...
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CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)Press freedom requires action, not talk, in BurmaCPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)Today at a press event in Bangkok, DVB launched its "Free Burma VJ Campaign" to raise public and diplomatic awareness about the plight of its 17 video journalists behind bars in Burma. Of those 17, DVB has acknowledged only five by name due to concerns ...and more »
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Independent broadcaster urges Myanmar to release 17 of its video journalists ...The Canadian PressIn 2008, an award-winning documentary film called "Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country," followed the reporters' struggle. David Mathieson, a Myanmar researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the repressive environment stoked fear in other ...and more »
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The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) news organisation is marking World Press Freedom Day on 3 May with the launch of a campaign to free its 17 jailed video journalists (VJs), all of whom are serving lengthy sentences in prisons across the country.
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Democratic Voice of BurmaA democracy doesn't keep its media behind barsDemocratic Voice of BurmaThat is why were are launching the Free Burma VJ Campaign today to mobilise international efforts towards their release. Ultimately, however, it is the government's final say, but we can use their fate to gauge whether progress toward greater freedom ...and more »
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Seventeen reporters for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) are incarcerated in prisons across Burma. Some are serving sentences of 27 years, arbitrarily jailed for the so-called crime of exposing the truth about the regime. DVB calls for their immediate release. Free Burma's VJ's.
Burma activists say hands up for democracyThe GuardianTwo years ago Aye Min Soe was known the world over, star of Oscar-nominated documentary Burma VJ, the shot-in-secret story of Burma's 2007 Saffron ...and more »
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Making Reel changeAbbotsford TimesBurma VJ, which tells the story of video journalists who risk their lives, is the winner of more than 40 international awards and an Academy Awards nominee. ...
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New Zealand Tour Of Burmese Political Activist Aung Khaing MinVoxyAmnesty is also hosting a number of other events in October which media are welcome to attend, including a screening of the Academy Award-nominated Burma VJ ...
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Community newsShreveport Times9, "Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country;" Nov. 16, "Hidden Fortress;" Nov. 30, "Lourdes." Shreveport's Robinson Film Center is offering "An ...
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Documentary Film Makers Get Galway Focus4RFVThere will also be screenings of films by this year's Oscar nominated director Anders Østergaard (Burma VJ) and the 2009 Hot Docs Winner, Geoffrey Smith ...
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Mass cyber attack paralyses Burmese mediaDemocratic Voice of BurmaBut with much of the scenes and details of the Saffron Revolution already in the public sphere, not to mention the Oscar-nominated Burma VJ documentary that ...and more »
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Daily BruinGetty to screen documentary seriesDaily BruinStill other films, such as “Burma VJ” and “Restrepo” reflect how advanced technology allows audiences a glimpse of otherwise un-filmed places and events. ...
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The Irish Film Television NetworkOstergaard & Smith for Galway Doc SeminarThe Irish Film Television NetworkThe seminar will be attended by both Oscar nominated director, Anders Ostergaard (Burma VJ) and 2009 Hotdocs winner, Geoffrey Smith (The English Surgeon). ...
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Centenary College Film Society Season Begins TodayKTBS9 Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country — (Denmark, 2009; Dir. Anders Østergaard. in English and Burmese w/subtitles. 84 minutes. Rated: PG-13.) Nov. ...
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Underground press challenges generalsThe AustralianSome of the tricks were seen on Burma VJ, a documentary about DVB journalists that was in the running for an Academy Award earlier this year. ...
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The filmmakers of "Burma VJ" and the film's subjects discuss the film's creation, the Democratic Voice of Burma and more during a post-screening Q&A at the International Documentary Association's DocuDays Los Angeles 2010 event.
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Human rights at UFVBCLocalNewsOscar-nominated Burma VJ tells the story of a group of courageous video journalists working underground, to bring the world images of repression from the ...and more »
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Film as a bridgeThe NationThe other movies seen in the series were "Burma VJ", "Un Soir Apres La Guerra" from Cambodia, Singapore's "My Magic", "Bagong Buwan" from the Philippines, ...
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JoBlo.comTrailers You May Have MissedJoBlo.comIf you've never heard of this flick and you enjoy intense documentaries, give BURMA VJ a look. I've been fascinated by Van Diemen's Land ever since I heard ...
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Burma: Burmese Buddhist monks share plight with Tibetan exilesUNPO"We have few Burmese who are visiting Dharamsala and also with them they have brought a very powerful documentary called Burma VJ. This (the documentary) is ...Tibetan MPs urge junta to hold free and fair electionsMizzima.comall 6 news articles »
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Mizzima.comThe face of Burma's non-violent resistanceMizzima.comIts release follows that of the critically acclaimed Burma VJ, which was released last year and documented the efforts of Burmese journalists to expose the ...and more »
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Burmese Buddhist monks share plight with Tibetan exilesOneindia"We have few Burmese who are visiting Dharamsala and also with them they have brought a very powerful documentary called Burma VJ. This (the documentary) is ...and more »
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Burma VJ DVD reviewDen Of GeekMichael reviews Burma VJ... Before you read this, you might like to know that Burma VJ airs on True Stories tonight at 10pm on More4. ...
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Producers vote 'Locker' best filmVarietyFisher Stevens and Paula DuPre Pesmen won the documentary award for "The Cove," as the depiction of dolphin slaughter topped "Burma VJ," Sergio" and ...and more »
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'Cove,' 'Burma,' 'October' Rule Cinema Eye Honors on FridayIndie Wire (blog)While The Cove had three wins, Burma VJ and October Country were right behind with two awards each. Other highlights of the documentary award show: Agnes ...Awards Round-Up: Hurt Locker is Critics' Choice, Cove Extends Doc LeadMovieline (blog)all 5 news articles »
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Thirsty interviews "Burma VJ" writer Jan KrogsgaardStay Thirsty Media... of the military regime in Burma in their labor of love and strength that comes out screaming in Burma VJ-Reporting From A Closed Country (2009). ...
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lunafilms.wordpress.com Slated for general release in Singapore from 24th Dec 2009 Shortlisted for Academy Awards 2010 Nominations ..bit.ly AWARDS: IDFA 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2009 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2009 HOT DOCS 2009 FULL FRAME DOC FESTIVAL 2009 and many others... SYNOPSIS: This film BURMA VJ is comprised largely by material shot by undercover reporters in Burma. Some elements of the film have been reconstructed in close collaboration with the actual persons involved, just as some names, places, and other recognizable facts have been altered for security reasons and in order to protect individuals. Armed with small handy cams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country. Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, acclaimed director Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. 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. The Burma VJs stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of Rangoon. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite and offered as free usage for international media. The whole world has witnessed single event clips made by the VJs, but for the very first time, their individual images have been carefully put together and at once, they tell a much bigger story. Joshua ...
Trailer Burma VJ compétition long-métrages Festival Européen 4 Ecrans 2009
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
DVB broadcast Burma VJ on 18-19 September 2009.
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