Burma VJ (2008)

Original title

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land

Directed by

Anders Østergaard

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Burmese video journalists as they secretly film the 2007 Saffron Revolution against the military regime. Their handheld footage is smuggled out of the country to show the world what is happening.

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What happens

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (Danish: Burma VJ - reporter i et lukket land; Burmese: ဘားမား ဗီဂျေ, romanized: bharrmarr begyaay) is a 2008 Danish documentary film directed by Anders Østergaard. It follows the Saffron Revolution against the military regime in Burma. The "VJ" in the title stands for "video journalists." Some of it was filmed on hand-held cameras. The footage was smuggled out of the country, physically or over the Internet. Other parts of it were reconstructed, which caused controversy. The Burma VJ Media collective is still active as of 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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