How An Anonymous Collective Of Filmmakers Are Risking Their Lives To Expose Atrocities In Myanmar – Berlin
deadline.comTwo years ago this month, the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar witnessed a coup d’état, in which the Tatmadaw (the military) seized power from the democratically elected National League for Democracy and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Since then, the military has brutally set about maintaining its power, cracking down on all dissenters including artists and the press.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), a non-profit that tracks the events as they unfold, estimates that more than 9,000 political prisoners have been arrested, charged or sentenced by the regime, and more than 1,500 have been killed.The situation may be grave, but many are beginning to resist the regime and fight back, despite the potentially lethal cost.
An underground resistance movement has been making inroads, forming the National Unity Government (NUG), which in September declared a people’s “resistance war” against the military.Others making their mark include the anonymous Myanmar Film Collective, a group of local filmmakers who are working tirelessly to expose the crimes committed by the military.
Their efforts have resulted in Myanmar Diaries, a hybrid doc-fiction feature that shows viewers first-hand what is happening in the country.
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