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Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country documentary

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Original title: Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country)
Year: 2009
Running time: 84 min.
Country: Denmark
Director: Anders Østergaard
Screenwriter: Jan Krogsgaard, Anders Østergaard
Cast: Documentary
Music: Conny Malmqvist
Cinematography: Simon Plum
Producer: Kamoli Films, Magic Hour Films ApS, Mediamente, WG Film
Genre: Documentary | Politics
Synopsis: Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.

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Awards: 2009: Oscar: Nominated for Best Documentary

2009: National Board of Review: Award Libertad of Expresion

2009: Sundance: World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award

2009: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated Best Documentary

2009: European Film Awards (EFA): nominated to Best Documentary.

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Critics' reviews

"Captivating and essential viewing."

Sam Toy: Empire
"A rich, thought-provoking film."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"It's the truth, unshackled and captured against all odds, and it's one of the most powerful documentary films I have ever seen, period."

Marc Savlov: Austin Chronicle
"Burma VJ’ retorts that eyes and ears are everywhere in our ever-tightening global communications mesh. Voices, too, and they get heard. The generals and the ayatollahs have every right to be scared."

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"Anyone who doubts that a single individual can make a political impact should see Anders Østergaard’s gripping documentary"

Elizabeth Weitzman: New York Daily News
"This material, shot in darkened offices and apartments, feels both accurate and necessary."

Daniel Eagan: The Hollywood Reporter
"The most compelling footage was taken during the uprising of August and September 2007, which put a bad scare into the government because a large number of Buddhist monks played a prominent role."

Walter Addiego: SFgate

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