Video Project
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Project Description
To document, translate and edit footage of the situation inside Burma which can be used to raise awareness in the international community.
Why is Video important?
To really feel something and support it effectively, one needs to see it with their own eyes. By documenting human rights riolations on video, Burma Issues can reveal the passion and pain of the ethnic struggle in Burma from a more intimate and human perspective, reminding perpetrators that victims will not be silent.
Videos can be a voice for the people's movement in Burma to the internatioinal community by giving the grassroots an opportunity to tell their stories on camera. Through video the people inside Burma have the ability to speak to the international community with their own voices, which not only is empowering, but it also gives strength and a face to the issues. Through interviews and visuals of their daily lives, the grassroots people in Burma can share their fears, dreams and hopes with the outside world.
Video story telling is an important tool in raising public awareness and putting a human face on human rights violations.
For the international community to really understand and feel the gravity of the situation in Burma, it is necessary that they go beyond just learning through reading newspaper articles or newsletters. Videos can be particularly effective in assisting government and UN bodies who are drafting recommendations on the human rights situation in a country.
Finally, videos are extensively used by BI for internal use in their own training programs, to bring the situation of the border to other areas.
Aim
Produce video films which can be a voice for the people's movement in Burma to the international community
Objectives
- Help the international community understand human rights abuses in the civil war zone - make short videos about life in free fire zones and how the four-cuts policy of the SPDC affects the life of the villagers
- Create a record of human rights abuses through visulas and interviews - use video interviews to document the experiences of villagers in civil war zones of Burma
- Supply international advocacy groups with a tool to publicize the war in Burma - Distrubte this video among suppport groups both inside and outside Burma
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Click here to go to the Voices of the Salween Dam video.
Target Audience
Videos produced by Burma Issues are sent to a number of different target audiences. Raw footage, with translations of interviews, is sent to international media outlets, finished videos are distributed to the international community (governments, non-government organisations and the UN), media, academics, independent researchers and students. Footage is also kept as evidence for when an international court is convined in relation to the human rights abuses that have been regualarly occurring in Burma.
Another target audience is the grassroots people themselves. Whilst being able to tell your story is empowering, being able to see the final product is also a tool of empowerment. Without the grassroots being able to see themselves talking to the international community, how do they know that is what is happening? It also enables the people of Burma to see what is happening in different areas and to know the situation beyond their proximity.
Produced Videos
Throughout the years Burma Issues have produced a number of videos. In addition to the finished videos we also have hours of footage, including shotlists, of Burma. Our videos and footage cover a number of areas inside Burma and issues ranging from Internally Displaced People (IDPs), landmine victims, and forced portering. For more information or to enquire about our footage please contact our Video Project Field Coordinator by email. To receive a copy of these videos please contact Burma Issues, click here for contact details, and to view a complete list and video synopsis please go to our video section.
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