Shot clandestinely over a two year period, this film provides a rare look into the second most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half century. From over 100 interviews of people across Burma, including the recently released Aung San Suu Kyi, interwoven with stunning footage of Burmese life this documentary is truly unique.... (Full plot summary below)
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Shot clandestinely over a two year period, this film provides a rare look into the second most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half century. From over 100 interviews of people across Burma, including the recently released Aung San Suu Kyi, interwoven with stunning footage of Burmese life this documentary is truly unique.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThis documentary is not just interesting, but timely. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat I've come away with is a notion of a land which, despite its crushing problems, has produced a population that seems extraordinarily radiant. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitAbove its other admirable attributes, this unique documentary presents a wide scope of the culture and very human side of the unknown land 'quite unlike any you will ever know.' |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectAlthough owing a bit too much to a Travel Channel episode, this is a valuable look at a country undergoing important and necessary changes. |
| Shockya.comBrent SimonAn incredible, clandestinely shot portrait of underclass life and love [that] also illustrates the gap between populace and regime, which is a dignified goal and achievement. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlWhile "They Call It Myanmar" is certainly more encouraging than previous films on this long-repressed country, fears of persecution continue to loom large. |
| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaThe images and interviews Robert H. Lieberman and his crew have managed to capture are eye-opening enough to justify the dangerous effort. |
| Village VoiceMichael NordineAnd yet it still works, so buoyed is the film by its open and honest take on a subject that would have been all too easy to turn into another marketable tragedy. |
| The New York TimesAndy WebsterRobert H. Lieberman, a novelist, filmmaker and professor at Cornell University, took three years to shoot documentary footage surreptitiously during assignments for the United States Embassy and a nongovernment organization. The result is eye-opening and insightful. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerLieberman captures the singular human story playing out in the former British colony of Burma/Myanmar where brutality and Karma have been the principle features. |
