Scenes of monks with their begging bowls in Ban San Burma
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ParParLay & The Moustache Brothers Video Mix - Mandalay, Burma
A Vertovian film using video footage and still photographs of Mandalay (Burma) and the world-famous Moustache Brothers featuring Par Par Lay. Par Par Lay & The Moustache Brothers are a troupe of comedians, dancers, and musicians from Mandalay who perform traditional Burmese vaudeville-style theatre. They have been known for many years as Burma's only outspoken political dissidents under the oppressive military regime. Having been banned from performing publicly in front of Burmese audiences, they perform every night for a handful of tourists in their living room in Mandalay.
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Walls Have Eyes - surrealist film shot in Rangoon, Burma
Bizarre surrealist thriller. A room attendant in a hotel in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) is chased through a wormhole by an invisible entity. This concept was intended to be a not-so-subtle parable of the "invisible hand" of totalitarian dictatorship in partnership with the foreign profiteers helping to keep this nightmare in place. Creepy soundtrack by Mujaji - http://www.mujaji.tv.
t's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, the Burmese army learns to endure the appalling conditions when monsoon rains fall for almost half the year. The steamy jungle environment proved incredibly difficult for European military forces, but the Japanese were able to adapt and even flourish under the same conditions. Myths began to circulate that the enemy was made of stronger stuff.
Black Eyed Peas dedicate 'Where Is The Love' to imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize receipient, Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. Concert took place on July 31, 2006 in Bangkok Thailand, just a few hundred miles from where the Burmese leader was under house arrest! www.TheFreedomCampaign.org
A clip about Burma's imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
