We were very lucky to have the support of people like this who, more often than not, donated their footage—particulalry the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB).
Q: In an interview with The New York Times, you said the effort to reach a wider audience with film was "reverse pirating"—a process of smuggling a film into Burma instead of out of the country. How did it work out?
A: It's very simple. We have uploaded the Burmese version online and I have made many CVDs and DVDs to hand to activists inside and outside Burma and along the border, and many have been couriered across the border and to Rangoon. We are openly encouraging Burmese to 'pirate' our own film so that others can obtain a different history to the one they're used to. The DVB streamed it on their website before, during and after the election.
Q: Now your film has screened at many film festivals and even recently at the US State Department. So what result do you want to see after screening this film to an international audience?
A: It is Annie, Ricki, Julie and my hope that the film will invite people to think about the military and what drives them; to inject more nuance into the debate surrounding Burma's crisis. I think that is all we can expect from a film like this. We also hope it will be a platform for Myo Myint to get to wherever he wants to go. After all, it is his story.
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