General information

Call No.:

392-1-1:14/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-1-1 Video Recordings of WITNESS: Activist films of Witness: Documentary films and promotional videos of Witness

Located at

DVD-ROM #14 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-1-1_014

Date of production

2002

Date

2002

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

13 min.

Notes

Partner: Peace Way Foundation (Burma Issues) (BI)

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Produced in collaboration with WITNESS partner Burma Issues, NO PLACE TO GO is based upon the harrowing testimony of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Burma and the video documentation of their plight. The IDPs tell the story of their experiences as the Burmese military government has systematically killed its own people using forced labor, forced movement, arbitrary executions and massacres. Almost a million people, primarily ethnic minorities such as the Karen, have been driven from their homes and forced to run into relocation camps or into the jungle, where they have limited access to healthcare, shelter, food or education, and must constantly relocate to avoid attack or capture by the Burmese forces. Many are subsequently forced to flee as refugees into neighboring Thailand.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder, Producer)