Opressive government in Burma
BBC Television News report from May 2006 details the actrocities carried out by the military government in Burma
Burma VJ – VI
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
Burma VJ – IV
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
Burma VJ – III
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
Burma VJ – V
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
Burma VJ – II
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
Burma VJ – I
Burma VJ is a moving and shocking account of the popular protests that broke out across Rangoon in 2007. It relies entirely on documentary footage shot by undercover reporters which has been pieced together to form a picture of the events that took place over a few months. It covers the initial protests, which broke out in response to a rise in fuel prices, to the brutal crackdown by the authorities in response.
BURMA VJ Trailer
Armed with small handycams 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. Joshua, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters, as Buddhist monks in September 2007 lead a massive uprising. Foreign TV crews are banned from the country, so its left to Joshua and his crew to keep the revolution alive on TV screens all over. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target.