New DVD Release: Burma's Political Prisoners

[Films on Burma]

INTO THE CURRENT: Burma's Political Prisoners

NEW FILM -  Released on DVD


Documentary Film, 2012, 76 minutes

Into the Current documents the remarkable journey of Burma's prisoners of conscience...
the unsung heroes and the price they pay for speaking truth to power.
It illuminates their inspiring political vision
as Burma begins it's historical change towards democratic reform.

Viewers will learn the recent history of Burma
as it unfolds through the shocking and intimate stories of these political prisoners.

Documentary Film, 2012, 76 minutes


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"I am standing here because I was once a prisoner of conscience.
One prisoner of conscience is one too many.

Those who have not yet been freed, those who have not yet been given access to
the benefits of justice in my country number much more than one.

Please remember them,
and do whatever is possible to effect their earliest, unconditional release."

                                                                           - Aung San Suu Kyi,
                                                                              Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

Also available...the Award winning film

SACRIFICE: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma

Documentary Film, 56 minutes

"Sacrifice counterpoints tales of four young prostitutes with mesmerizing images:
a woman standing by a door awaiting her fate, juxtaposed with farmers in the fields.
The images make a poignant plea for survival, for the women and the tormented land."           
                                                                              — Sundance Film Festival

"Sacrifice offers a view of the terrible odds faced by women born into poverty
where the only commodity for sale are their bodies.
These are complicated stories that get beneath tabloid headlines to capture,
with great visual invention, the damaged nobility of young Burmese victims.

The lives of these women are revealed to be the stuff of fairy tale…
the magic goes bad and the witch, the ogre, and the monster win the day
in this chilling view of sexual exploitation…one we have never seen before."
                                                                            —San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Compelling interviews and beautiful photography
create a complex portrait of economic conditions in Burma,
and the impact this has on families, rural villages and the young women themselves."
                                                                          —San Francisco Film Festival

" Unflinching in its account of abuse and corruption,
SACRIFICE derives much of its power from the testimonies of four girls,
who speak directly to viewers with a painful directness beyond their young years.

Bruno demonstrates an exceptional knack for conveying the complex facts
and emotional upheaval of globally relevant true stories.

In the sobering yet poetic Sacrifice,
Bruno presents the terribly moving first-person accounts of four girls from Burma
who were virtually kidnapped from their homes
and forced into a life of prostitution in Thailand.

As with all her films, Bruno approaches difficult issues
with the intent of uncovering hard truths and giving voice to people
who are too often marginalized or misrepresented by mainstream media."
                                                                                         — FILM/TAPE WORLD

"Sacrifice illuminates a difficult subject of major social consequence
with integrity and objective attachment.
Told with delicate simplicity, Sacrifice paints a picture of an unfamiliar
reality that is, by turns, unbelievably ugly and startlingly beautiful.

The heartbreakingly eloquent words of the girls leads viewer
into a society whose more are almost completely alien to our own."
                                                                                        — The Hollywood Reporter


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