A FILM BY ANDERS ØSTERGAARD

“A rich, thought-provoking film… inspiring.” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times.
Click here for A.O. Scott’s full review

“Terrific!” – Village Voice

“CRITICS’ PICK! Mesmerizing.” – New York magazine

“Awesome and frightening.” – Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic

"A real activist thriller." – Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

“Riveting.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“An exciting look inside one of the world’s last closed nations, BURMA VJ follows the inspiring and
ultimately agonizing adventures of a band of guerrilla reporters… Østergaard compiles [their] shaky hand-held footage
into a narrative with the rhythm of a drama and the undeniable adrenaline-pulse of reality.”
– Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com

“A fantastic look at the uprising in Myanmar in the fall of 2007.” – Ty Burr, Boston Globe online

Click here to read John Anderson’s article on BURMA VJ from The New York Times

Click here and here to read recent news about Burma (Myanmar).

Burma, September 2007: after weeks of protests by students and activists against the country’s cruel dictatorship, thousands of Buddhist monks take to the streets. While 100,000 people protest a repressive regime that has held the country hostage for over 40 years, foreign news crews are banned and the Internet is shut down. Burma is closed to the outside world. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 underground video journalists (VJs) record these dramatic events on handycams and smuggle the footage out of the country, broadcasting it worldwide via satellite. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police — and then they themselves become the targets of the authorities.

Listen to our podcast: Q & A with the Venerable U Gawsita, Venerable U Agga Nyana & Venerable U Pyinyar Zawta (Recorded May 22, 2009)

DENMARK • 2008 • 89 MINS. • IN ENGLISH AND BURMESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • OSCILLOSCOPE LABORATORIES