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Films
6 Films
Region
“South-East Asia”
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Country
“Myanmar”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
4
films available on demand
1
Region
South-East Asia
6
x
Country
Myanmar
6
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Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Rural
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Sheppard, John
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Yangon Film School
3
not set
1
Country of production
Myanmar
3
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1993
1
1996
1
2004
1
2012
1
2013
1
2014
1
Film list
Behind the Screen
2012
35
‘
Directed by
Aung Nwai Htway
.
A son dissects his parents’ marriage – they were film icons in 1960s Myanmar. It turns out the heartrending scenes they acted out on the silver screen are a pretty accurate reflection of their
South-East Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Family / Kinship
Memory
Keepers of the Faith: The Buddhist Nuns of Sagaing Hills
1996
51
‘
Directed by
Hiroko Kawanami
.
In the Sagaing 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
Gender Role and Identity
Lady of the Lake
2014
22
‘
Directed by
Zaw Naing Oo
.
Governments – even decades-old military regimes – may come and go but, like many rural communities in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the lives of the villagers of Pyun Su on the banks of Moe
South-East Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Rural
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
The Second Red Line
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Veera Lehto
.
In HIV testing, the second red line is the indication of a positive result. This film follows two volunteers working with HIV & Aids sufferers in the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. In the
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Development projects
Tyres
2013
30
‘
Directed by
Kyaw Myo Lwin
.
A recycling workshop in South Okkalapa in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon is a place where discarded tyres are transformed from their original shape and use, and are re-purposed to new uses.
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Labour
Infrastructure / Transport