BurmaVJ
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
Explore the world of the upcoming movie - Burma VJ. Burma VJ is the official App supporting the release of the award-winning movie. Download it, and access all the latest Burma VJ information and buzz around the film release, campaign and the one-off Saffron Premiere.
Content includes Trailer, Gallery, facts, a "video journalism" feature, as well as a blog and news updates. Stay connected to the Burma VJ campaign wherever you go.
Application Features:
- Navigation menu - interactive touch menu to explore Burma VJ
- Saffron Premiere news
- Official film Trailer
- Video Journalism features
- Stills from the movie
- Blog and latest news updates
About the film:
Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. In 2007, after decades of self-imposed silence, Burma became headline news across the globe when peaceful Buddhist monks led a massive rebellion. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting a cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more than 40 years. Foreign news crews were banned, the Internet was shut down, and Burma was closed to the outside world. So how did we witness these events? Enter the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), aka the Burma VJs.
What the press said
“Burma VJ” is a rich, thought-provoking film not only because of the story it tells, which is by turns inspiring and devastatingly sad, but also because of the perspective it offers on the role that new communications technologies can play in political change. The viral videos of the Democratic Voice of Burma are like the hidden printing presses of earlier underground revolutionary movements, except that the portability of the cameras and the ease of Web and satellite-based distribution make them harder to suppress.
New York Times - NYT Critics' Pick
Visit the official site for more information http://www.burmavjmovie.com/
Supported by The Co-operative
Content includes Trailer, Gallery, facts, a "video journalism" feature, as well as a blog and news updates. Stay connected to the Burma VJ campaign wherever you go.
Application Features:
- Navigation menu - interactive touch menu to explore Burma VJ
- Saffron Premiere news
- Official film Trailer
- Video Journalism features
- Stills from the movie
- Blog and latest news updates
About the film:
Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. In 2007, after decades of self-imposed silence, Burma became headline news across the globe when peaceful Buddhist monks led a massive rebellion. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting a cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more than 40 years. Foreign news crews were banned, the Internet was shut down, and Burma was closed to the outside world. So how did we witness these events? Enter the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), aka the Burma VJs.
What the press said
“Burma VJ” is a rich, thought-provoking film not only because of the story it tells, which is by turns inspiring and devastatingly sad, but also because of the perspective it offers on the role that new communications technologies can play in political change. The viral videos of the Democratic Voice of Burma are like the hidden printing presses of earlier underground revolutionary movements, except that the portability of the cameras and the ease of Web and satellite-based distribution make them harder to suppress.
New York Times - NYT Critics' Pick
Visit the official site for more information http://www.burmavjmovie.com/
Supported by The Co-operative
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 37.75 MB of space to download and install BurmaVJ app. BurmaVJ is available on iTunes for $0.00
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Collecting Smiles Jens Andersson at http://www.burmavjmovie.com.
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