Reviews and announcements of videos and films on Burma
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Friends in High Places (about) |
| Date of publication: | | 2001 |
| Description/subject: | | directed by Lindsey Merrison – Burma, 86 minutes.
56 minute version also available.
video sale $225 rental $65
“Buddhism and nat worship are like mangoes and bananas”
"...Whether contending with a deceitful daughter-in-law, forecasting financial prospects for a tea
shop, or freeing a husband from government detainment, Friends in High Places reveals the
central role of nats and spirit mediums in alleviating the day to day burdens of modern
Burmese life..". |
| Author/creator: | | Lindsey Merrison |
| Language: | | English |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.der.org/films/friends-in-high-places-preview.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Our Burmese Days |
| Date of publication: | | 1996 |
| Description/subject: | | by Lindsey Merrison
color, 94 minutes, rd 1996
video sale $225, rental $65
"An examination of biculturalism wrapped in an extraordinary personal odyssey. "Our
Burmese Days" is also a fascinating defacto glimpse of life in a country that's rarely
covered in the media today. Now known as Myanmar, the film's title is a reference to
the novel "Burmese Days" by George Orwell, who worked for a time in the country's
colonial police force...B&W footage of the war in Burma is well integrated with modern views and
memories. The camera gives a a feel for contemporary life, both urban and rural
without being "touristy". The filmmaker had long negotiations with the country's
military for a permit to shoot this film. While the political situation is only hinted at the
film is eloquent about the violence of world and family history; eloquent about the
anguish and spiritual expense of hating one's own origins..." |
| Author/creator: | | Lindsey Merrison |
| Language: | | English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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