MYANMAR: AN UNEASY
ALLIANCE
9.07.21
Duration: 25’00”
A film by Studio 9
Films
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AJE: People and Power. |
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MYANMAR: AN UNEASY ALLIANCE PROG NO 019760 |
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TX: (14/7/2021) |
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Total Programme Duration: 25:00 |
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Producer and Production Company name and contact details
: Fiona Lloyd-Davies/ Studio 9 Films Ltd +44 7775530840 fiona@studio9films.co.uk |
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Al Jazeera Producer/Program/Strand Editor contact details: Diarmuid Jefferies/ People and Power/ jeffreysd@aljazeera.net |
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AL Jazeera Bureau: DOH |
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Commissioning Executive name and contact details: Diarmuid Jefferies/ People and Power/ jeffreysd@aljazeera.net |
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DESCRIPTION OF SCENE/ASTONS |
SYNC/VO/MUSIC |
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10.00.00 |
AERIALS MYANMAR ARCHIVE: EDWARD WIN |
MUSIC 1m01_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) Dur: 2 40 |
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10 00 14 |
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SYNC Chanting |
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10 00 20 |
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COMM AT A SECRET LOCATION NEAR MYANMAR’S
CHINESE BORDER … |
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SYNC Shouts |
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10 00 26 10 00 37 |
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COMM … WE’VE GAINED ACCESS TO A TRAINING CAMP RUN BY
ETHNIC INSURGENTS. BUT THE TRAINEES ARE NOT HARDENED GUERILLA
FIGHTERS. THEY’RE ORDINARY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN -
STUDENTS, ACTIVISTS - SOME AS YOUNG AS SEVENTEEN - WHO HAVE GOT THEMSELVES ORGANISED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA TO COME AND TRAIN FOR A WAR AGAINST THE MILITARY JUNTA |
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10 00 57 10 01 01 |
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SUBTITLE The reason I’m here is I couldn’t accept the military coup. |
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10 01 11 |
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SUBTITLE I saw one of my friends shot in the head
three times. |
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10 01 17 |
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SUBTITLE Everything that we learn here is new to us. |
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10 01 27 |
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SUBTITLE You have to level the barrel, like this … |
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10 01 32 |
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COMM THEY’RE BEING TRAINED BY THE ETHNIC NATIONALITY
KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ORGANISATION WITH AN ARMY OF 8 THOUSAND AND ITS OWN DE FACTO
GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING ALMOST HALF OF KACHIN STATE THE KIO HAS BEEN FIGHTING SUCCESSIVE BURMESE
REGIMES SINCE 1961 |
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10 01 54 10 02 02 10 02 04 10 02 10 |
CAPTION Lieut ‘GAM SENG’ |
SUBTITLE Most of them have no military experience. My impression is they need to work on their fitness but I think they’re very motivated. |
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10 02 16 10 02 19 10 02 28 10 02 40 10 02 44 |
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SUBTITLES They’re mainly from lower Myanmar.
They’re mostly young. They had good, steady jobs where they’re from. But because of what they saw and experienced where they come from ... That’s why they’ve come here to get military training. |
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10 02 51 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS AP-4315594 |
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10 02 56 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS AP-4315594 |
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10 02 56 |
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COMM ON FEBRUARY 1ST THE BURMESE ARMY ABANDONED ITS EXPERIMENT
WITH A PARTIAL DEMOCRACY … |
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10 03 01 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS - monks AP AP-4315594 |
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10 03 01 |
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COMM … AND RE-TOOK POWER IN A COUP |
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10 03 03 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS - umbrellas AP-4315594 |
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10 03 04 |
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COMM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND A RETURN TO
CIVILLIAN RULE |
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10 03 09 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – shots in street protestors running AP-4317974.mxf |
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10 03 15 |
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COMM BUT THE ARMY RESPONDED WITH A BRUTAL AND BLOODY CRACKDOWN |
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10 03 16 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – man throws stones at police with riot shields AP-4317974.mxf |
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10 03 19 10:03:25 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – teargas smoke scatters protestors, protestors carry
injured AP-4313826.mxf |
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10 03 27 10 03 30 10 03 33 |
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SUBTITLES We were holding demonstrations in Tawndwingyi
area IN VISION and villagers were marching from rural areas to the city regularly. Our strike was cracked down on by the military on 28th Feb. |
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10 03 38 23 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – protestors in yellow construction hard hats AP-4317974.mxf |
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10 03 40 10 03 48 |
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COMM ONE OF THE PROTESTORS NOW GETTING TRAINING WAS A FARM WORKER FROM
CENTRAL MYANMAR. AS WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THIS FILM HIS FEAR OF ARREST AND TORTURE IS SO
GREAT WE’VE CHANGED HIS NAME AND HIDDEN HIS IDENTITY. |
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10 03 56 |
CAPTION ‘Aung Naing’ |
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10 03 59 10 04 02 10 04 07 10 04 10 |
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SUBTITLES The crackdown carried on in Satthwar and my
village. One time the military regime shot a child who was sitting at the Palm
liquor shop. Then she was brutally raped in a car and then killed by the military regime. |
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10 04 13 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – fire burns at barricades in street AP-4318081.mxf |
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10 04 15 |
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SUBTITLES There are some strike leaders and organisers among the recruits. |
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10 04 18 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – men with home made bows
and arrows AP-4318081.mxf |
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10 04 23 |
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SUBTITLE They were using slingshots and bows and arrows to fight against the
military |
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10 04 30 |
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INTERVIEW WITH GAM SENG |
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10 04 32 |
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SUBTITLE but the military had the upper hand because they had guns. |
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10 04 41 |
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COMM 19 YEAR OLD WIN TINT
VOLUNTEERED AS A MEDIC IN THE PROTESTS |
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10 04 46 |
‘WIN TINT’ |
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10 04 49 10 04 52 10 04 56 10 05 00 10 05 03 10 05 07 10 05 11 |
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SUBTITLES Some of my brothers were left with only one finger on their hands. Some were shot in the abdomen, their stomachs riddled with bullets. I personally had to give medical attention to the injured A one and a half year old was shot in the eye.
And I had to take the child to hospital. A woman was shot in the abdomen and I had to
attend to her. I had to look after some bad injuries |
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10 05 14 |
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ARCHIVE PROTESTS – protestors give three finger salute in Yangon
protests HLEDAN STRIKE FEB STRIKE FEB STRIKE |
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10 05 15 10 05 33 |
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COMM IN THREE MONTHS THE ARMY HAS REPORTEDLY KILLED
OVER 800 UNARMED PROTESTORS – INCLUDING AT LEAST FIFTY CHILDREN - AND
ARRESTED THOUSANDS MORE. AYE AYE MYINT WAS A CIVIL SERVANT WHO’D NEVER
BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS BEFORE THE COUP.
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10 05 37 |
CAPTION ‘AYE AYE MYINT’ |
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10 05 40 10 05 43 10 05 46 10 05 52 10 05 58 10 06 03 |
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SUBTITLES We heard more and more reports of people dying around the country. We were acting as ‘keyboard warriors’ to spread the news on Twitter and other social media as much as we could. I thought about it seriously and I wanted to do more to help, and I had a contact, so I decided to come here. |
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10 06 11 |
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COMM TRAVELLING ACROSS THE FRONTLINE TO INSURGENT CONTROLLED TERRITORY WAS A
HUGE PERSONAL RISK. |
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10 06 17 10 06 20 10 06 26 10 06 31 |
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SUBTITLES We didn’t feel safe during the journey Because the army knew who we were. We were constantly worried and on high alert because we could get arrested at any time. |
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10 06 39 10 06 41 10 06 44 |
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SUBTITLES Victory is ours We’ll write our own history Let’s unite in blood |
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10 06 46 |
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MUSIC 1m03_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 32 |
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10 06 48 |
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COMM DESPITE THE RISK, THE VOLUNTEERS KEEP COMING… CIVILLIANS FROM THE
MAJORITY BURMAN POPULATION STARTING THEIR THREE-WEEK TRAINING WITH ETHNIC
REBELS |
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10 06 59 |
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SUBTITLE COULD ALL THE STUDENT LEADERS COME HERE PLEASE |
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10 07 04 10 07 06 10 07 10 10 07 13 10 07 18 10 07 21 |
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SUBTITLE It was very hard to decide to come here. I’ve never done anything like this before, traveling to an unknown
area. I came here with my friend. The two of us together. I let my family know about my journey but I didn’t tell my colleagues or friends. |
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10 07 29 |
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COMM IN THIS BATCH THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED TRAINEES |
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10 07 36 |
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COMM LIEUTENANT ‘GAM SENG’ HAS JUST THREE WEEKS TO
TURN THESE CIVILLIANS INTO SOLDIERS |
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10 07 43 10 07 49 10 07 55 10 08 04 10 08 10 |
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SUBTITLES I feel sad and it’s very painful to hear about their experiences. Some of them saw their siblings being shot dead, civilians were tortured and suffered from arbitrary arrest. They realised armed revolution was the only way to overthrow this brutal military dictatorship. |
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10 08 16 |
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Billy Jupp (CAE:
691191041) |
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10 08 18 |
ARCHIVE DRONE SHOT OF SUN OVER WATER EDWARD WIN |
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10 08 24 |
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COMM THE TRAINEES ARE FROM A GENERATION THAT GREW UP
UNDER CIVILLIAN RULE. MILITARY LIFE IS NEW AND UNFAMILIAR. BEFORE THE PROTEST WIN NAING RAN AN INTERNET
CAFE IN A PROVINCIAL TOWN |
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10 08 41 |
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SUBTITLE It’s very tiring and tough |
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10 08 46 |
CAPTION ‘WIN NAING’ |
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10 08 50 10 08 54 10 08 58 |
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SUBTITLE but we knew military training would be hard
and physically demanding and we have our goal in mind, so it’s a small
ask. |
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10 09 02 |
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COMM THIS IS THE THIRD GROUP OF TRAINEES TO COME
THROUGH THIS CAMP ALONE OBSERVERS SAY THERE ARE UP TO TEN THOUSAND MORE
IN SIMILAR CAMPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. |
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10 09 14 |
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SYNC Shouting |
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10 09 16 10 09 19 10 09 26 10 09 31 10 09 36 10 09 39 |
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SUBTITLE The training consists of military parade, How to handle small arms, basic military
training including military tactics. So that they could apply this training
effectively, when they go back to their respective areas,
we provide theory as well as practical skills |
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10 09 47 10 09 53 10 09 58 10 10 02 |
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SUBTITLES My mum would be surprised to learn that I was firing guns. I don’t think she’d expect me to be taking such in depth military
training, including handling guns and shooting. I am sure she would be surprised. |
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10 10 12 |
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COMM THE TRAINING ALSO PREPARES THEM FOR URBAN WARFARE. BUT THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN - WITH JUST A FEW WEEKS PREPARATION -
WILL HAVE TO FACE A BATTLE-HARDENED ARMY OF OVER 300 THOUSAND. |
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10 10 25 |
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MUSIC CUE 1m04_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 1 35 |
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10 10 31 10 10 43 10 10 46 10 10 50 10 10 55 10 11 03 10 11 07 |
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SUBTITLES I did not know about guns, I had never held guns before. I was very excited about firing guns at first because I saw a lot of trainees firing them. On the other hand I was very worried about whether I could stand the recoil or not. I was not very pleased with my results and I’d like to try again because I only hit my target once. |
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10 11 15 10 11 17 10 11 20 10 11 24 |
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SUBTITLES We don’t have a lot of free time. But sometimes we’re let out early from the evening lecture and we get an hour of downtime, Between eight and nine in the evening. The boys have guitars and sing songs to relax. |
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10 11 29 10 11 35 10 11 41 10 11 46 10 11 52 10 11 58 |
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SUBTITLES ‘Don’t give up, darling…’ ‘You have to be
brave to get through.’ ‘And for the sake
of the people… ‘ ‘You’ll have to
make a sacrifice. ‘ Don’t give up,
darling…’ ‘You have to
be brave to get through.’ |
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10 12 12 |
ARCHIVE MISTY RIVER DRONE EDWARD WIN |
COMM BUT THE CAMARADERIE OF CAMP LIFE BELIES THE CRISIS UNFOLDING IN THE
COUNTRY. |
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10 12 34 |
DRONE RIVER ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM THERE ARE OVER A DOZEN ETHNIC INSURGENCIES IN MYANMAR SO FAR, THE MOST VOCAL OF THESE ARMED ETHNIC GROUPS IN THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN THE KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ORGANISATION
AND TO THE SOUTH THE KAREN NATIONAL UNION |
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10 12 43 |
PHONE FOOTAGE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
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10 12 45 |
CAPTION PHONE FOOTAGE |
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10 12 51 |
PHONE FOOTAGE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM THEIR RESISTANCE HAS COME AT A COST… |
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10 13 00 |
PHONE FOOTAGE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM THE REGIME HAS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN OF AIRSTRIKES AGAINST VILLAGES UNDER
THE CONTROL
BY THE KACHIN AND KAREN ARMIES THIS WAS A GOLD MINE PARTLY OWNED BY THE KNU |
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10 13 17 |
TRACKING SHOT RIVER DAWN ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
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10 13 24 |
GVS ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM OUR TEAM TRAVELLED INTO THE AIRSTRIKE ZONE IN
EASTERN MYANMAR’S KAREN STATE |
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10 13 37 |
MODAMA INTERVIEW ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES On 30th
March 2021, 11:45 am … |
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10 13 41 |
CAPTION SAW PAH REH KNU HEADMAN |
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10 13 44 10 13 47 10 13 54 10 14 00 |
MODAMA INTERVIEW ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES An enemy plane
came the first time, high up second time a bit
closer, third time fired and dropped bombs on this work site. Four workers were
injured, nine died. Seven died
immediately, two died on the road, |
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10 14 00 |
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MUSIC CUE 1m05_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE:
691191041) DUR 2 46 |
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10 14 15 |
AERIALS DAY BU NO SCHOOL ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM AT THE KAREN VILLAGE OF DAY
BUH NO EVEN THE SCHOOL WAS A TARGET. THE STUDENTS HAD ALREADY EVACUATED WHEN IT WAS
HIT. |
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10 14 24 |
GVS DAY BU NO SCHOOL ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM BUT SINCE THE AIR RAIDS OVER TWENTY THOUSAND
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IN HIDING IN THE FOREST UNABLE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL |
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10 14 38 |
INTERVIEW LWEH SOE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES This is Day Pu No
High School… |
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10 14 40 |
CAPTION SAW LWEH SOE |
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10 14 43 10 14 46 10 14 49 |
INTERVIEW LWEH SOE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES No.1 Karen
Government High School, Mu Traw District. It was shelled on [MARCH] 31st. They shelled the school, the roof and the sides |
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10 15 04 10 15 07 10 15 09 |
INTERVIEW LWEH SOE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES We don't know
where this puppy's owner is. It ran away
during the bombing. Now it’s come
back on its own |
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10 15 13 |
GVS BOMBED HOUSE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
MUSIC CUE 1m06_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 2.10 |
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10 15 18 10 15 23 10 15 30 10 15 34 10 15 38 10 15 42 10 15 48 |
INTERVIEW LWEH SOE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES On the evening of
the 27th about 7:30pm, Saw Aye Lay Htoo was lying down with his child, looking at his phone,
a fighter jet
strafed the roof and dropped a bomb, he was hit and
later died from shrapnel from the bomb. When he was hit, he picked up his child and ran out of the house. There was blood everywhere as he ran. Blood on the door as he ran down the stairs. |
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10 16 02 |
INTERVIEW LWEH SOE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLES He ran into this trench with his child ran
in here and died in this place. |
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10 16 16 10 16 39 |
BOMBED BUILDING ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN VILLAGERS FLEE TO THE FOREST ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM ACCORDING TO
INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS SINCE THE COUP DOZENS OF
CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED IN AIRSTRIKES ACROSS KAREN AND KACHIN
STATES. OVER SEVENTY
THOUSAND HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES TO HIDE OUT IN MAKESHIFT SHELTERS IN THE
FOREST. |
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10 16 48 |
LWEH SOE ON RADIO ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
SUBTITLE There’s a plane coming |
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10 16 51 |
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COMM WITH A SURVEILLANCE DRONE ABOVE THEM IT WAS TIME FOR THE TEAM TO LEAVE
BEFORE MORE AIR STRIKES WERE CALLED IN. |
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10 16 54 |
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MUSIC CUE 1m07_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE:
691191041) DUR 41 |
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10 17 00 |
GVS KAREN STATE ARCHIVE EDWARD WIN |
COMM THESE ATTACKS SHATTERED A LONG-STANDING CEASEFIRE BETWEEN THE REGIME
AND THE KNU |
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10 17 10 10 17 11 10 17 18 |
GVS LAIZA |
COMM SINCE THE COUP THE REGIME HAS ALSO ROUNDED UP AND ARRESTED DOZENS OF
DEMOCRACTICALLY ELECTED POLITICIANS SUSANNA HLA HLA SOE WAS A NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR
DEMOCRACY MP IN YANGON, SHES NOW IN HIDING. |
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10 17 19 |
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SUSANNA HLA HLA SOE SYNC As the candidate, the military tried to arrest me, |
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10 17 29 |
CAPTION SUSANNA HLA HLA SOE NLD MP |
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10 17 30 |
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SUSANNA HLA HLA SOE SYNC so they came to my place, broke the door so I
had to flee from the back door. I even don’t have my shoes I have to flee, some of our friends rescued
me. And then the next day I traveled to the ethnic
areas and escape. So the experience is so bad. If I got arrested I don’t know my future. I
might be killed or tortured. |
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10 18 07 |
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MUSIC CUE 1m08_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 1 20 |
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10 18 12 10 18 22 |
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR SASA |
COMM IN APRIL, A GROUP OF POLITICIANS LAUNCHED THE NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MILITARY JUNTA. FORMERLY A MEDICAL DOCTOR, DR SASA - IS THEIR SPOKESMAN ON
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - BUT LIKE MOST NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS –
HE’S BEEN FORCED INTO HIDING IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE |
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10 18 39 |
CAPTION DR SASA NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT |
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DR SASA SYNC I believe what you are seeing in the country is the realisation of the
nation’s greatest strength which is our own diversity of the country of the
people The military generals for many decades have been afraid of the united
people of Myanmar. But I think the
people of Myanmar have shown that we are united regardless of our political
parties. And we put everything behind
and this is a time to put all of our differences behind and struggle for the
common goal and common purposes.
That’s all what we are looking for as the future of Myanmar. |
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10 19 32 |
TRAINING CAMP KACHIN STATE |
MUSIC CUE 1m09_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 1 43 |
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10 19 37 |
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COMM UNITING THE MAINLY BURMAN CITY BASED PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT AND THE
ETHNIC INSURGENTS MAY BE THE KEY TO OVERTHROWING THE MILITARY JUNTA |
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10 19 50 |
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COMM BUT FOR SOME ETHNIC LEADERS THE FAILURE OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL LEAGUE
FOR DEMOCRACY GOVERNMENT TO NEGOTIATE PEACE UNDERMINES THEIR STATEMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF FEDERALISM NOW |
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10 20 05 |
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COMM PADOH TA DO MOO IS THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE KAREN NATIONAL UNION |
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10 20 12 |
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TA DA MOO Previous times of NLD government, they have shown their commitment on
the Federal is rare |
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10 20 17 |
CAPTION PADOH TA DA MOO GENERAL SECRETARY, KNU |
TA DA MOO to be seen. But only the verbal
commitment. It’s difficult to see the
commitment in practice. So now we have a chance with some of the NLD leaders In seeking the common ground and work together. |
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10 20 41 |
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SUSANNA For the past I think that the urban community they don’t understand the
suffering of the ethnic areas, they don’t understand the feeling of the
ethnic area. Now they come to know
what is happen in their area, because they were got killed, tortured,
arrested, Now we have the common goal to end the military coup and to have real
democracy. |
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10 21 13 |
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COMM LIVING WITH THE KACHIN, THE BURMAN TRAINEES’ GET A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON
THE ETHNIC STRUGGLE |
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10 21 24 10 21 28 10 21 32 10 1 37 10 21 52 10 21 59 10 22 13 |
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SUBTITLES The ethnic people fighting for their area I only knew about it from
social media. I only read news of fighting, how many died in battles and so on, just superficial information about the ethnic struggle. We didn’t know how the regime used locals as human shields on the
battleground. We only heard a bit about in on social media Now we’ve seen what the army did in the cities with such brutality we have a better understanding why ethnic people are fighting for
self-determination. |
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10 22 25 10 22 33 10 22 40 10 22 49 10 22 55 10 22 58 10 23 03 |
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SUBTITLES The fact that we ethnic nationalities faced 60 to 70 years of oppression from successive military regimes, what the recruits tell me is they didn’t even know about it. But now they’re witnessing what’s happening on the streets and they can’t live at home peacefully anymore and could get picked up and killed anytime. So now they’re apologising for their ignorance. |
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10 23 14 |
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MUSIC CUE 1m10_MYM Billy Jupp (CAE: 691191041) DUR 2 35 |
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10 23 19 |
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COMM WE PUT THE ALLEGATIONS MADE IN THIS FILM TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
BURMESE REGIME BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY. |
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10 23 28 10 23 32 |
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SUBTITLES I believe that they will carry on fighting when they finish the
training and go back to where they came from. This is what they are feeling now. |
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10 23 41 |
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COMM AS THE TRAINEES GRADUATE, AN ARMY DRONE IS SPOTTED OVER THE CAMP AND IT
IS SHUT DOWN AND RELOCATED TO AVOID AIR STRIKES |
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10 23 52 10 23 59 |
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SUBTITLES We have decided to sacrifice our lives and our bodies for the people. We will come back and root out the military dictator by ourselves. |
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10 24 05 |
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COMM HAVING FINISHED THE COURSE, THIS BATCH OF RECRUITS RETURNS TO BARRACKS
FOR THE LAST TIME. THEIR AIM IS TO JOIN A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF PEOPLES DEFENCE FORCES
FIGHTING THE JUNTA BUT WITH JUST THREE WEEKS’ TRAINING NO OVERALL LEADERSHIP AND VERY FEW WEAPONS. THEY FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE |
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10 24 30 10 24 35 10 24 38 10 24 41 10 24 45 10 24 50 |
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SUBTITLES I am not afraid, I know I have to take care of my own safety. If I didn’t fight back I would always be a victim, just watching the news and not being able to do anything, so I am not afraid anymore. and I will be part of this revolution all the way. |
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10 25 00 |
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