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  1. Moving to Mars (2010)

    aka: Refugee-Moving to Mars

    Director
    Matt Whitecross
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), variable

    Forced from their homeland, Burma, by the repressive military junta, these two families have lived in a Thai refugee camp for many years. A resettlement scheme offers them the chance of a new life, but their...

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  2. Burma Vj (2010)

    Director
    Anders Ostergaard
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

    A remarkable documentary that tells the story of the Burmese photojournalists who secretly videotaped events during the Buddhist monks’ September 2007 uprising against the military regime, and who risk...

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  3. Kalagas: Burmese Embroidered Tapestries (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows the process of producing kalagas in the Mandalay area of Burma. The padded embroideries of Burma are virtually unique. Their combination of legendary figures and animals, sequins, stones and mirrors...

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  4. Burma: Railway of Death (1997 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 45 min., 1997 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    The story of the building of the Burma-Thailand railway by British prisoners of war during World War 2, combining the recollections of ex-prisoners who were involved with Japanese propaganda films of the time.

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  5. Aung San Suu Kyi’s Keynote Address to the Ngo Forum on Women, Beijing 1995 (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1999 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    In her keynote address to the NGO forum on women in Beijing in 1995, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi voices some of the common hopes which unite women all over the world. She is particularly concerned...

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  6. Longest Struggle, The: Karen of Burma (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Sheppard
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at Burma where, for 50 years, the Karen have been fighting a vicious battle for independence against one of the most repressive regimes in the world.

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  7. Burma Victory (1944 Video)

    Director
    Roy Boulting
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Special loan (film - IWM Dept of Film), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 63 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Official British war film depicting the Burma campaign, remembered bitterly by veterans and ‘the forgotten war’ - from 1942 to the capitulation of the Japanese in Rangoon. When the Japanese invasion of...

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