Films

Film list

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Keepers of the Faith: The Buddhist Nuns of Saigang Hills 1996 51'
Directed by Hiroko Kawanami.
In the Saigang Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the
South-East Asia Religion / Belief / Faith Collective / Community identity
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The Longest Struggle: The Karen of Burma 1993 52'
Directed by John Sheppard.
In the forested hills of eastern Burma, a war has been going on for more than 50 years. A war that is rarely reported and is often apparently at a stalemate. For the Karen people of this part of
South-East Asia War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory