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By Michael Allen on March 8, 2010
Sadly, Burma VJ didn’t win the Oscar for best documentary. The film features covertly filmed footage of the 1988 Saffron Revolution filmed by a small group of video journalists — the “VJs” of the film’s title — working the Oslo-based exile group Democratic Voice of Burma, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy.
But it’s [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Burma, Democracy assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy support, freedom of expression, media, promoting democracy | Tagged Burma VJ, Democratic Voice of Burma |
By Michael Allen on March 4, 2010
Never mind Avatar, George Clooney and that bomb-disposal team in the Iraq war. A grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy could be the star of this week’s Oscars, writes Christian Caryl over at Foreign Policy.
Burma VJ, a favorite for best documentary, features covertly filmed footage of the 1988 Saffron Revolution filmed by a small [read full story]
Posted in Burma, Democracy assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, autocrats, democracy support, media | Tagged Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, Democratic Voice of Burma, foreign policy, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution |
By Michael Allen on February 2, 2010
Burma VJ has been nominated for an Oscar in the 2010 Academy Awards. The film is considered to be a front-runner in the race for the Best Documentary.
The documentary features the work of an underground network of video journalists which smuggled footage of Burma’s 2007 saffron revolution to the outside world. The network is supported [read full story]
Posted in National Endowment for Democracy, color revolutions, democracy support, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Burma VJ, Democratic Voice of Burma, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution |
By Michael Allen on January 6, 2010
Media advocacy groups are appalled by the 20-year jail sentence imposed on Hla Hla Win, a freelance video reporter working with Democratic Voice of Burma, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy.
“People had been expecting signs of an opening and goodwill gestures from the military junta in this election year, but this extremely severe [read full story]
Posted in Burma, National Endowment for Democracy, freedom of expression | Tagged Democratic Voice of Burma |
By Michael Allen on June 19, 2009
Shortly after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, Evan Williams set his sights on documenting the aftermath in a documentary film.
But the former south-east Asia correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation realized it was easier said than done. The ruling military junta banned foreign journalists and even local film crews were banned from the Irrawaddy Delta which [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Burma, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, media | Tagged Burma VJ, Democratic Voice of Burma, National Endowment for Democracy |
By Michael Allen on May 26, 2009
A critically-acclaimed new documentary features the work of “a group of renegade video journalists who rely on handheld cameras, laptop computers and satellite Internet connections to transmit news from a closed nation.” Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, a new film which chronicles the work of the Democratic Voice of Burma, a grantee of [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Burma, Democracy assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, media, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Burma VJ, Democratic Voice of Burma, National Endowment for Democracy |
By Michael Allen on May 18, 2009
The trial of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi started today in the military junta’s notorious Insein prison. Her detention followed the bizarre actions of an unwanted American visitor who gave the military an excuse to charge her with breaching the conditions of her house arrest.
The ruling military junta “needed a pretext to keep [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Burma, Democracy assistance, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dictatorships, dissidents, promoting democracy | Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, authoritarian, burma, Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, Democratic Voice of Burma, Freedom Now, National Endowment for Democracy, saffron revolution, Vaclav Havel |
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