Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Directors’ Guild of Japan has called on authorities in Myanmar to release filmmaker Maung Thein Dan.
He has been detained and jailed pending a trial.Myanmar was wracked by a military coup on Feb. 1, 2021 which toppled the civilian government of Ang San Suu Kyi.
The army has since mounted a brutal crackdown that notably involves control of most media within the country, the arrest of celebrities, and other efforts to eliminate dissent.Variety has previously reported on the arrest in June and detention of Ma Aeint, who produced “Money Has Four Legs,” a satirical feature about no-budget filmmaking and film censorship that recently played at the Udine and Locarno festivals.
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