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Burmese Dreaming: a documentary about the dreams, day dreams and nightmares of a girl from a far away land. A young woman has a nightmare about the killing of her father by soldiers in a mountain village in Burma. She wakes up. She is in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border. She has already been here for 6 years but still her mind is not here. Instead, it drifts between the realities of refugee life and dreams and day-dreams about Burma and a life she used to live. She is with her childhood buffalo friend, Zu Zu Ma, she has imaginary conversations with her fishermen friends, and she dreams of the family she used to have. Burmese Dreaming combines a composed musical score with a non-fiction narrative scripted by refugees from Umphiem Mai refugee camp and based on the story of Say Say Lah, a young woman who was imprisoned by the Burmese military at age 5. Footage for Burmese Dreaming has been filmed throughout Burma including areas held by the Karen National Liberation Army, as well as in the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border.
Burmese Dreaming
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Film Credits
About the Director:
Timothy Syrota has worked as a documentary director, photographer and writer focusing primarily on Burma since 1997.www.timothysyrota.org timothysyrota@gmail.com
Screenplay:
Refugees, English Immersion Program, Umphiem Mai Refugee Camp, Thailand-Burma Border
Music:
David Lazaro and Graham Pointer
Film synopsis:
A young woman has a nightmare about the killing of her father by soldiers in a mountain village in Burma. She wakes up. She is in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border. She has already been here for 6 years but still her mind is not here. Instead, it drifts between the realities of refugee life and dreams and day-dreams about Burma and a life she used to live. She is with her childhood buffalo friend, Zu Zu Ma, she has imaginary conversations with her fishermen friends, and she dreams of the family she used to have. Burmese Dreaming combines a composed musical score with a non-fiction narrative scripted by refugees from Umphiem Mai refugee camp and based on the story of Say Say Lah, a young woman who was imprisoned by the Burmese military at age 5. Footage for Burmese Dreaming has been filmed throughout Burma including areas held by the Karen National Liberation Army, as well as in the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border. This is the first feature documentary of author, director and international award winning photojournalist Timothy Syrota.
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Between $100 000 and $10 000
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63/4 Ratchuthit Rd, Mae Sot Tak 63110, Thailand
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publicity address:
63/4 Ratchuthit Rd, Mae Sot Tak 63110, Thailand
