On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship

Showings

TIFF Lightbox 4 Fri, Apr 26, 2019 8:15 PM
Hart House Theatre Sun, Apr 28, 2019 12:15 PM
Scotiabank Theatre 3 Thu, May 2, 2019 12:15 PM
Film Info
Runtime:97
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Denmark
France
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:Burmese
English
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:International Spectrum
Film Subjects:Politics & Political Intrigue
War, Conflict & the Military
Women & Women's Stories
Southeast Asia
Website:http://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/scener-fra-et-militaerdiktatur
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Karen Stokkendal Poulsen
Producer(s):Vibeke Vogel
Valerie Montmartin
Editor(s):Giles Gardner

Description

The world celebrated when Myanmar's military government transferred power to Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi after her landslide election in 2015. But how is political responsibility passed down in a country whose new democracy is founded on 50 years of dictatorship and entrenched ethnic discrimination? In the wake of authoritarian rule, Aung San Suu Kyi must contend with an atmosphere of total distrust and collaborate with the same men who kept her under house arrest for a total of 15 years. Forbidden from assuming the position of president under the Constitution, the democracy icon seems doomed to make superficial reforms rather than lasting transformational change. With unique access to all of the key players, director Karen Stokkendal Poulsen (The Agreement, 2014) lays out a remarkably comprehensive story of transition: female leadership in a patriarchal world, an isolationist nation on the international stage, and a Nobel laureate turned disgraced Rohingya genocide enabler. Angie Driscoll

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