I first learned about the situation in Burma/Myanmar more than ten years ago, when I was stopped by a student activist from the Free Burma Coalition (now the US Campaign for Burma). Since that first, fateful introduction, I’ve spent thousands of hours reading, writing, interviewing,… Read More
It was almost exactly a year ago that I reviewed the documentary film Burma VJ, a film that went on to be nominated for an Academy Award this year. The film used documentary footage and reenactments to recount the dramatic monk-led uprising of September 2007… Read More
My three-part report on the use of mobiles inside Burma and around its borders just published on MobileActive.org, the best resource (on or off-line) for all news pertaining to mobiles for social change. What story does it tell? On Sept. 26, the protests were still… Read More
Who knew a feature length film could successfully tell a story through hidden camera footage, blurry images & reenactments? Not to mention a film in which the central character’s face is never revealed? I might have been skeptical before, but not after watching Burma VJ.… Read More
Emily Jacobi 