Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country

A tenacious band of Burmese reporters armed with video-cameras risk their lives to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. The VJs end up recording the appalling treatment of the Burmese citizens and monks - which caused a global uproar, after their peaceful protests resulted in violent opposition by their government. The Burmese VJs risk torture, imprisonment and even death in their quest to report honestly what is going on in their closed country. The material in this film has been made possible through illegal smuggling and broadcast to international media (whom the government accuses of lying) and into Burma via satellite.