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*For titles that you do not find on this list, please search VOYAGER as well.
*Titles housed in YRL (Young Research Library) or in SRLF (Southern Regional Library Facility) can be checked out without a fee.
*If an entry in the list below does not show a location, the title is housed in the Instructional Media Library.
These titles may only be viewed in the Media Library or checked out for classes through your department.
FILMS:
The Burmese harp / directed by Kon Ichikawa.
Public Media Homevision, 1956
Black and white/monochrome; sound; 116 min. In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Set at the end of World War II, focusing on the obsessions that drive one Japanese soldier to remain in Burma. A private is
wounded on a mission to convince renegade mountain fighters of Japan's official surrender. A Buddhist priest saves the private.
The priest leads the soldier on a path to spiritual conversion.
Cross and kalashnikov: The Unknown war in Burma / produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), [1993?]
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 28 min.
Series: Award winning films and videos
This extraordinary investigative report takes us into the jungles of Burma, where a guerilla war has been waging for the last forty years. A
Christian minority, the Karen people, have been fighting to retain their independence and singular culture. This film gives viewers a better
understanding of the zeal with which minority groups stand up for their independence.
Daw Aung Suu Kyi's interview.
Natl Coalition Govt Union Burma, 1996
Color; sound; 20 min.
A videotaped interview with 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She is a leading opponent of the ruling military
junta of Burma, has been placed under house arrest during elections held in 1993, and recently the military government has been
calling for her death. She discusses the democratization movement; the call for economic sanctions; the negative effects of
foreign investment, tourism, and the opium trade, and human rights violations in Burma. She makes an appeal to the international
community to help the cause of Burma's democratic movement.
Sacrifice: The Story of child prostitutes from Burma / directed by Ellen Bruno.
Ellen Bruno, 1998
Color; sound; 47 min.
Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in brothels in Thailand. The trafficking of
Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. The filmmaker examines the social,
cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution. It is the story of the valuation
and sale of human beings, the efforts of teenage girls to survive a crisis born of economic and political repression.
Southeast Asia II: Thailand, Myanmar (Burma)
Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan, 1990
Color; sound; 50 min.
Series: JVC video anthology of world music and dance
Demonstrations of Thai and Burmese music and dance: Fawn tien - candle dance; Ram sat chatri - ceremonial introduction of
dance-drama; Khon - masked dance-drama: "Prince Rama's fight with the Devil King Thosakanth," from the Ramakian; Dance-drama:
"Chui-chai Prahm" ("Chui-chai of a Brahmin"); Jakhe - three-string zither, with ensemble: "Lao Phaen"; Khlui - flute solo:
"Phya kruan"; So sam sai - bowed lute solo: "Khaek mon"; Kruang sai - string ensemble: "Lao duong duen"; Molam - song and dance
genre; Classical music in the yo-daya style: "Mo bwe nan thein" ("Song of the rain god"); Monkey play; Hsaing-waing ensemble:
Overture; Salutation dance; Dance to pray for the protection of the spirits; Saung - harp solo; Drum dance; Dance performance:
Pledge of love; Puppet dance. Study guide available.
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