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VIEW FROM THE WORLD
BURMA VJ – Reporting from a closed country
Director
Anders Østergaard
Producer
Lise Lense-Møller
Cinematographers
Simon Plum
The Burmese VJs
Editors
Janus Billeskov-Jansen
Thomas Papapetros
Music
Martin Hennel
Contact
<p>Danish Film Institute
Gothersgade 55
DK-1123, Copenhagen
Tel: +45 3374 3609
Anne.Marie Kürstein
[email protected] , www.dfi.dk/danishfilms</p>
84 min
Color
Armed with small handy cams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target.
Directors' Biography
<p>Born 1965. Graduated from the Danish School of Journalism in 1991. Writer-director on the international awarded Tintin et moi, and the documentary about one of Denmark’s most popular rock bands Gasolin (2006). Anders Østergaard made his first big impression on Danish cinemagoers in 2006 with Gasolin’, a documentary about a singularly popular Danish rock band from the 1970s. Though Gasolin’, fronted by charismatic singer Kim Larsen, never gained a following outside Scandinavia, in Denmark they enjoyed years of Beatleslike stardom.</p>
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