They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain
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  • Summary: The story of Burma, told with stunning footage shot clandestinely over a 2 ­year period by filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. It provides an astonishing and intimate look inside at what has been one of the most isolated countries on the planet, lifting the curtain on the everyday life of the peeople in this land that has been held hostage
    by a brutal and superstitious military regime for 48 years. A revealing interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi conducted just after her most recent release from house arrest is interwoven with extensive interviews and interactions with Burmese people from all around this incredibly diverse nation. The film, culled from over 120 hours of striking images, is an impressionistic journey that leads across the vastness of Burma. It traces the history of Burma from its beginnings in the ancient city of Bagan, through colonial times, recent uprisings, the devastating Cyclone Nargis that killed 150,000 people, and up to the present day. (PhotoSynthesis Productions)     … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    Sep 18, 2012
    75
    This documentary is not just interesting, but timely.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Sep 18, 2012
    75
    What I've come away with is a notion of a land which, despite its crushing problems, has produced a population that seems extraordinarily radiant.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Kenji Fujishima
    Sep 18, 2012
    75
    The images and interviews Robert H. Lieberman and his crew have managed to capture are eye-opening enough to justify the dangerous effort.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Sep 18, 2012
    60
    Only Lieberman's intrusive, slightly arrogant onscreen presence distracts from the profile, introducing an unwanted hint of American privilege to the film's perspective.

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