Live footage smuggled out of Burma in 2007 during the uprising against the brutal military rule. All hand-held and difficult to watch. Not enough historical context or, especially, present-day geo-political context to make this whole story understandable.
At this point it's not news that those in power will use whatever force they have available to maintain their privileges. Who are they serving? Who is supporting them, and why?
There's a larger story here which is ignored, to this film's detriment.
Striking how the desire for fairness and democracy is universal and strong. Uprisings only work when the leadership says SHOOT and the thugs don't. Then you have change.
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