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Fri 1 May // 18:30
/ Cinema
Tickets: £7/5/3/0
Burmalink UK and Democratic Voice of Burma invite you to experience 5 powerful short films.
Introduction from Tony Stokle .
Cry for Justice. 16 mins.
A film unveiling Myanmar's human rights crisis.Since the military coup on Feb.1st.2021 peaceful anti-coup protests were violently suppressed by the military,which led to a nationwide uprising against the dictatorship.
Rohingya SOS. 5mins.
A very short film capturing the pain when almost a million people were brutally and violently expelled from Myanmar in 2017 by the military dictatorship.
Star 16mins.
After the military coup,lecturer Daw Rodi Ong joins the Civil Disobedience Movement and becomes a local journalist.The film follows her life in Kalay and the story of her student who has joined the revolution.
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The Middle Land of the Displaced 17mins.
Two airstrikes erase a village in Mandalay,forcing families into the Irrawaddy River's islands.This film follows one family's struggle to rebuild among the ruins.
Love and Revolution. 20 mins.
An amputee commander returns to the front lines days after his daughter is born,turning personal sacrifice into a symbol of revolution.
These films wil be followed by QnA.