General information

Call No.:

350-2-1:30/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-2-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Asia: Burma

Located at

BetaSP PAL #30 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00010181

Date of production

1997

Date

1997

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, English, Burmese

Duration

25 min.

Notes

sporadically poor image quality

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Report on Burmese children and how they have suffered physically, mentally and emotionally under Burma's military regime. They have been denied basic services and education, and were forced to work for the military regime and/or join the army; Footage of children breaking rocks, building tourist sites, carrying huge bags from boats to land, working at construction sites, irrigation schemes, road building, and mixing toxic chemicals. Footage of children training at various military camps, including the Tiger Camp under drug war lord Kun Sa. Testimonies of former child soldiers. Also includes footage of student demonstrations on December 6, 1996, at Hledan Intersection, Rangoon.

Context

Associated Names

IMAGE Asia (Copyright holder, Producer)