- Directors: Nic Dunlop, Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern
- Country: Ireland/USA
- Year: 2010
- Length: 70 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Screening Times: Sunday, March 4th, 2012 at 8 pm
Co-presented with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Synopsis
Myo Myint’s decision to enlist in the Burmese army at the age of seventeen was not motivated by ideology, but simply because it was the only path to employment, respect and security. In this capacity he supported the brutal military junta that dominated the nation for nearly half a century until he lost a limb to a mortar explosion, and emerged from this trauma as an activist determined to bring democracy to his country. Speaking from the Umpeim Mai refugee camp in northern Thailand as he awaits refugee status, Myint gives a sobering record of his experiences and his suffering at the hands of the military regime he once served, including over a decade in solitary confinement for voicing his disapproval of the junta. Myint’s story, illustrated by archival footage smuggled out of Burma, is a vivid account of an individual’s sacrifice to help change the lives of millions.
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