L2GP_Myanmar_Nargis_study
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The London International Doc Film Festival will be screening of ‘Nargis – when time stopped breathing’ at 6 p.m. at the Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London, United Kingdom, WC1H 0PD on Saturday 21 May. http://www.lidf.co.uk/film/nargis/ Synopsis: In May 2008 a cyclone called Nargis raged for hours in Myanmars Ayeyarwaddy Delta, killing 140,000 people. Two Burmese filmmakers couldn’t remain silent and felt compelled to go to the delta and record the devastation. Seven days after the storm, they made their way to scenes [...]
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The people of Myanmar have suffered numerous setbacks in their efforts to modernize since Independence, January 4, 1948. One of the most fundamental is failure of the economy to absorb a better educated population that has steadily expanded. Without sufficient tax base, all public institutions have tended to depreciate, including schools and libraries. The problem was exacerbated when sanctions were imposed by the United States and other Western governments, which has prevented external investment and job creation. On May 2-3rd, [...]
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