Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
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82 out of 100

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  • Summary: While 100,000 people (including 1,000s of Buddhist monks) took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for over 40 years, foreign news crews were banned to enter and the Internet was shut down. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs) recorded these historic and dramatic events on handycams and smuggled the footage out of the country, where it was broadcast worldwide via satellite. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police – even after they themselves become targets of the authorities. (Oscilloscope Laboratories)… Expand
  • Director: Anders Østergaard
  • Genre(s): History, Thriller, Crime, Documentary
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 84 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Sam Toy
    100
    Captivating and essential viewing.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    100
    Filmmaking at its most fearless, with Ostergaard creating a suspenseful, harrowing account of his original key subject, known only as "Joshua."
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Eagan
    80
    In preparing Burma VJ, Ostergaard decided to reconstruct some scenes with scripted dialogue -- in part to explain events, but also to protect the participants. This material, shot in darkened offices and apartments, feels both accurate and necessary.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    The news footage, so powerful on its own, needs no enhancement. The dramatized scenes only slow the film's momentum.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. oerdi
    10
    A rare and moving view of the peaceful protests in Burma and the brutal crackdown that followed. A must see for anyone interested in politics or human rights.… Expand
  2. gonnawatchit
    10
    Sometimes we are simply called to be witnesses.

    Like when a friend is going through a hard time. Often there is nothing you can do to help.     There is no advice you can give, no way you can get involved, nothing you can offer except a listening ear. So you listen, and you sympathize, and you hurt for her. And it helps, somehow, even though thereâ… Collapse

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