step, the very very first step about freedom of expression.
So now we’ve go that chance to use a little bit of freedom

 

 

 

DUR
   

 

TYPE
   

 

AUDIO

 
   

 

VISUAL

MUSIC

00:00

- 01:17
   

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

00:00
   

TEXT

SLIDE
   

[Crowds cheer]

 

[TEXT]

13 JANUARY 2012

 

651 PRISONERS RELEASED THROUGHOUT BURMA
   

[TEXT]

13 JANUARY 2012

 

651 PRISONERS RELEASED THROUGHOUT BURMA
   

 

 
   

Zaganar INT
   

[English Language]

This is the first step, we can say this is the first step for freedom of expression
   

Prisoners being released
   

 

00:22
   

TEXT

SLIDE
   

TEXT]

AMONGST THEM

WERE JOURNALISTS

 WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED

 FOR THEIR WORK
   

[TEXT]

AMONGST THEM

WERE JOURNALISTS

 WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED

 FOR THEIR WORK
   

 

 
   

[VO]
   

For years Burma’s Journalists have been persecuted and imprisoned

 
   

Footage of prison

 
   

 

00:32

 

 

00:38
   

SITHU ZEYA INT

 
   

I was stripped naked and handcuffed from the front.

 

 

While I lay there naked they kicked me in the back.
   

 

SITHU ZEYA INTERVIEW

 
   

 

 
   

[VO]
   

Now five formerly imprisoned journalists are free to speak out for the first time

 
   

Win Maw in prison
   

 

00:51
   

WIN MAW INT
   

We managed to capture the pictures

 

 
   

WIN MAW ON BRIDGE

 

 
   

 

 
   

[VO]
   

 

Free to tell us about the changes

 
   

Win Maw In NLD office
   

 

00:58
   

WIN MAW INT
   

 

Finally we can use the camera openly

 
   

WIN MAW INTERVIEW
   

 

 
   

[VO]
   

And the challenges

 
   

 
   

 

01:03
   

SITHU ZEYA INT

 
   

 I feel like I’m being threatened

 

 
   

SITHU ZEYA INTERVIEW
   

 

 
   

 
   

Through the eyes of those who are experiencing it first hand  we find out if there is real change for Press Freedom in Burma
   

Hla Hla win on bridge
   

 

01:13

 

 

01:15
   

TITLE
   

[TITLE] PRESSING FOR FREEDOM

 

 

 

Burma’s changing media landscape through

the eyes of VJs on the ground
   

PRESSING FOR FREEDOM
   

 

 

01:23
   

INTRO SHOTS
   

[TEXT] Rangoon February 2012

 
   

Colourful, busy, noisy shots of Rangoon

 
   

 

 

 

01:35
   

WIN MAW INT COLOURS IN CELL

 
   

 

[BURMESE LANGUAGE]

 I spent four years behind walls in prison this time.

During those years I mostly saw one colour

…

The colours are all the same.

I became accustomed to seeing only white

 

 So when I was released from prison, it confused my eyes
   

 CONTRAST

Silent shots of Prison

(GENUINE EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE PRISONS)

 

 

SYNC WIN MAW

 

Win Maw on the busy street
   

 

 
   

[VO]

 
   

Win Maw is a musician and a Video journalist who spent almost a decade behind bars

 
   

Win Maw playing music
   

 

 
   

[VO]

WHO IS DVB?
   

He works for the Democratic Voice of Burma or DVB, an exiled Burmese media organisation
   

DVB credits,

People in office
   

 

MUSIC

02:16

- 02:39
   

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

 

02:17
   

[VO]

NEW GOV
   

[TEXT]

 

IN MARCH 2011 BURMA HANDED OVER POWER TO A NOMINALLY CIVILLIAN GOVERNMENT
   

[TEXT]

 

IN MARCH 2011 BURMA HANDED OVER POWER TO A NOMINALLY CIVILLIAN GOVERNMENT

 

Parliament
   

 

 
   

 
   

With the new government in Burma l there appears to have come a new attitude.
   

Parliament
   

 

 

 

02:38
   

WIN MAW INT

 

RELEASE CHANGE
   

[BURMESE LANGUAGE]

In the past, when I was released the first time, people wouldn’t even say hello to me in the street.

 

People were afraid of me because I was an ex-political prisoner

 

When I was released this time, the situation had changed.

 The Media are now more open and there is a presidential government

 
   

 

Still photos Win Maw release

 

 

SYNC WIN MAW INT

 

 

 

Still photos Win Maw release

 
   

 

 
   

[VO]

 

BACKGROUND

2007

 
   

But in 2007 Burma was shaken by mass uprisings led by Buddhist monks, protesting against the government.  It became known as the saffron revolution

 

Win Maw began working as a video journalist, or VJ,capturing events as they unfolded.

 
   

2007 Footage,  monks marching.

 

Still photos Win Maw filming

 
   

 

MUSIC

02:54

- 03:20
   

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

 

 

03:20
   

WIN MAW INT ON BRIDGE

 

 

 
   

[BURMESE LANGUAGE]

 

 

Here, the monks were sitting and chanting prayers

 

But then army trucks came through

 

and when the officer gave the order to shoot

they opened fire straight away.
   

SYNC WIN MAW ON BRIDGE

 

2007

Monks sitting

 

Army trucks

 

SYNC WIN MAW ON BRIDGE

 

 
   

 

 
   

[VO]

 
   

As the military began to crackdown on the protesters, Win Maw and his colleagues knew how important it was to capture the images and share the story with the world.

 

But it was a huge risk to film at this time.  Many people had already been arrested and one foreign journalist had been shot and killed by Burmese authorities.

 
   

2007 Crackdown

 

 

Japanese journalist dead on ground
   

 

MUSIC

03:33

- 04:03
   

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

 

 

04:00
   

WIN MAW INT ON BRIDGE

BRIDGE SCENE

 

 
   

[BURMESE LANGUAGE]

 

At the time, the army arrived and dispersed the crowd by shooting,

 

My friends and I  were here, holding a camera and filming

 

And at the corner of the traffic light, the army shot the Japanese reporter Nagai and my friend managed to capture the pictures.

 
   

SYNC WIN MAW ON BRIDGE

Army trucks

Crowd by Su Le

 

SYNC WIN MAW ON BRIDGE

 

Japanese journalist being shot

 
   

 

 
   

[VO]
   

But not long after the crackdown began Win Maw was arrested

 
   

Win Maw walking to place of arrest
   

 

 

04:38
   

WIN MAW INT BY FASHION SHOP

 
   

[BURMESE LANGUAGE]

 This is where I was arrested on 27 November

Here, where this fashion shop is now

There used to be a cafe called Moon Bakery
   

WIN MAW OUTSIDE FASHION SHOP
   

 

 
   

 

Cyclone footage

 

 
   

 

 
     

 

 
   

 
   

 

Zorro SYNC