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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain

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 people in this land that has been held hostage b...

Directed By: Robert H. Lieberman

Written By: David Kossack

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m

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 people in this land that has been held hostage b...

Directed By: Robert H. Lieberman

Written By: David Kossack

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75
Sep 18, 2012
The images and interviews Robert H. Lieberman and his crew have managed to capture are eye-opening enough to justify the dangerous effort.
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75
Sep 18, 2012
This documentary is not just interesting, but timely.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 18, 2012
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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 18, 2012
And yet it still works, so buoyed is the film by its open and honest take on a subject that would have been all too easy to turn into another marketable tragedy.
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Sep 18, 2012
A compelling portrait of an entire nation being kept in captivity and ignorance.
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63
Sep 18, 2012
A solid and subtly moving portrait of the people of Burma.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 18, 2012
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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Production Company PhotoSynthesis Productions
Release Date Sep 21, 2012
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/theycallitmyanmar
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