Stories from Myanmar
Film et Vidéo
- Editeurs : Watertown, Mass. Documentary Educational Resources [distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2009
- Sujets : Ethnologie -- DVD -- Birmanie, Enfants, Films ethnographiques DVD Birmanie
- Langue(s) : Indéterminée
- Description matérielle : 2 DVD (3 h 08 min), : Coul., son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version en birman ; sous-titres en anglais
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : Since its inception in 2005, the non-profit organisation Yangon Film School has brought together experienced filmmaking tutors from around the world and young Burmese men and women with some prior experience in the media for residential training in all aspects of filmmaking - from screenwriting to editing - with a particular focus on documentary. DVD 1 contains the work of 12 new participants from The Art of Documentary Filmmaking Beginners Workshop 2007, who were given the opportunity to grapple with the technical, artistic and ethical aspects of the genre by producing their own short documentaries on the topic of children in Myanmar. This DVD contains their first film exercises: Stories from the Princess Hotel; their final films: Children in Myanmar; and a short film About the Beginners' Workshop. The Stories of Change on DVD 2 are projects by students of several YFS courses completed during The Art of Documentary Filmmaking Stage Two in 2007. Made for two NGOs, Metta Development Foundation and International Development Enterprise, these documentaries portray people from Kachin State, southern Shan State and the Ayeyarwaddy Delta who describe, in their own emotive and surprisingly humorous words, how development organisations are making a real difference to their lives. This DVD also includes short films About the Stage Two Workshop and About the Screenwriting Workshop, another 2007 YFS course in which nine Burmese writers learned how to turn their story ideas into screenplays. The body of work on these two DVDs bears witness to a growing nucleus of talented young Burmese filmmakers who are striving to create challenging work in an environment notorious for discouraging independent media. Their films provide a hitherto unseen window on the lives of ordinary people in Myanmar.