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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>BURMA</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'> VJ: REPORTING FROM A
CLOSED COUNTRY<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Starts </span></font>Friday, June 19 for
limited engagement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Coolidge Corner Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>290 Harvard Street</span></font></st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>617/734-2500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>www.coolidge.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In September 2007, after decades of self-imposed silence, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Burma</st1:country-region></st1:place>
became headline news across the globe when peaceful Buddhist monks led a
massive rebellion. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting a
cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more than 40
years. Foreign news crews were banned to enter and the Internet was shut
down. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 anonymous and
underground video journalists (VJs) covertly recorded these historic and dramatic
events on pocket-sized handycams. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the
VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police
– even after they themselves become targets of the authorities. The whole
world has witnessed single event clips made by the VJs, but for the very first
time, their individual images have been carefully put together and at once,
they tell a much bigger story. Compiled from the shaky handheld footage of the
DVB, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>BURMA VJ</span></b> pulls us into the
heat of the moment, making the Burmese condition tangible so we can understand
it, feel it, and smell it. The film offers unique insight into high-risk
journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a
thorough documentation of the days of 2007 when the Buddhist monks started
marching.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tickets available at the Coolidge Corner Theatre box office, located at
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">290 Harvard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City></st1:place> or
online at <a href="http://www.coolidge.org/" title="http://www.coolidge.org/">www.coolidge.org</a>.
For screening times visit the website or call 617/734-2500. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Official <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>BURMA VJ</span></b> site: <a
href="http://burmavjcom.title.dk/" title="http://burmavjcom.title.dk/">http://bu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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