Beyond Rangoon Trailer

Buy BEYOND RANGOON on DVD on Amazon or stream it on Amazon here: http://tinyurl.com/Stream-Beyond-Rangoon ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Rangoon ... From Wikipedia: “Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 drama film directed by John Boorman about Laura Bowman (played by Patricia Arquette), an American tourist who vacations in Burma (Myanmar) in 1988, the year in which the 8888 Uprising takes place. The film was mostly filmed in Malaysia, and, though a work of fiction, was inspired by real people and real events.

Bowman joins, albeit initially unintentionally, political rallies with university students protesting for democracy, and travels with the student leader U Aung Ko throughout Burma. There, they see the brutality of the military dictators of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), and attempt to escape to Thailand.

The film may have had an impact beyond movie screens, however. Only weeks into its European run, the Burmese military junta freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi (depicted in the film … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi) after several years under strict house arrest. The celebrated democracy leader thanked the filmmakers in her first interview with the BBC. Suu Kyi was re-arrested a few years later, but Beyond Rangoon had already helped raise world attention on a previously "invisible" tragedy: the massacres of 1988 and the cruelty of her country's military rulers.”

Update: Aung San Suu Kyi was permanently released from captivity in November 2010 and was one of the world's most prominent political prisoners. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 but was unable to receive the award due to her captivity. She made her acceptance speech in Oslo in 2012. See her acceptance speech here: https://youtu.be/HUPfkNXpZvQ

Видео Beyond Rangoon Trailer канала Rich Mullinax