Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face danger to expose the repressive regime controlling their country.Burma VJ delves into the world of Burma’s video journalists, who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their country despite risking life in jail.
Reporting from a closed country indeed. Nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar® and assembled from footage smuggled out of the country, Burma VJ is a gripping film that defines the 21st century: the attempt to censor media at a time when information flows more easily than ever.
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