Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma
香港爭取自由緬甸聯盟

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Burma VJ
「緬甸起義：看不到的真相」

緬甸於1962年發生政變，軍政府推翻民選政府，此後該國一直受軍人獨裁統治。軍政府監控著國內輿論及傳媒，異見人士多年來無法扭轉局面。直至2007年，一群佛教僧侶踏出起義的一步，起來對抗政府。他們的行動甫傳出去，便有10萬人民加入，一同反抗暴虐的軍政府。雖然官方傳媒對此視而不見，未作報導，但多名新進的記者隨時候命，報導一切與起義相關的消息。他們就是「緬甸民主之聲」(The Democratic Voice of Burma)，一群手持電子攝錄機的年青「緬甸VJ」。縱然他們為數不多，「緬甸VJ」依然不畏強權，把民眾的抗議行動及軍隊警方的暴力行為一一拍下，其後將片段偷運予身處泰國的同僚，好把影片發給全球的通訊社。製片人Anders Østergaard以電影「緬甸起義：看不到的真相」切入緬甸國情，揭示高科技在人民革命運動中的功用。

Burma has been under the control of a military dictatorship since a coup toppled the elected prime minister in 1962. With Burma's press and mass media under the control of the military government, dissent has had little opportunity to take hold in the country, but that began to chance in 2007; a band of Buddhist monks stepped forward to lead a revolt against the state, and as news spread about their actions, as many as 100,000 peopletook part in protests against the oppressive and violent leadership. The official state media ignored the uprising, but a new breed of reporters were at hand to cover the revolution -- the Democratic Voice of Burma, also known as the Burma VJs, a handful of young video journalists armed with hand-helddigital video cameras. The Burma VJs filmed the protests as well as violent acts committed by police and military officials, and then smuggled the footage to colleagues in Thailand, who then passed their images on to news organizations the world over. Filmmaker Anders Østergaard offers a look at how new technology is pressed into the service of a people's revolution in Burma VJ.

DATE 日期 : 2010.05.20
TIME 時間 : 7:30pm
VENUE 地點 : Room P4703, Academic Building, City U 城市大學教學樓P4703
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