{"id":217,"date":"2025-04-11T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackbook.page\/BBBlog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:26:52","slug":"cultural-workers-for-myanmar-solidarity-glitch-and-flicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbook.page\/BBBlog\/cultural-workers-for-myanmar-solidarity-glitch-and-flicker\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Workers for Myanmar: Solidarity Glitch and Flicker"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 28th, 2025, at approximately 12:50 pm local time, a powerful 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar\u2019s second largest city, home to 1.2 million people; it also resulted in intense shaking that devastated the region as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. More than 3,000 lives have been killed and a hundred temples, mosques, nunneries and monasteries were reduced to rubble. These places used to offer education, dispense medicine, care for the elderly and house displaced orphans. While the number of losses is still increasing and uncertain, we would like to contribute what we can as cultural workers.<\/p>\n

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Photo by the mama of BBA #3 editors NAMKHEUN collective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NIGHT of SOLIDARITY GLITCH<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday, 11 April 2025
\n23:00 (UTC +10) \/ 21:00 (UTC+8) \/ 15:00 (UTC+2)
\n* Online event, please e-mail<\/em> assembly@blackbook.page<\/a> or<\/em> message on IG<\/a> for link<\/em><\/p>\n

The fifth issue of the Black Book Assembly More-Than-Half-a-Year-in-Review<\/em> calls from the theme “The End of Imitation”, and includes contributions from Hong Kong, Kathmandu, Naarm, Seoul, Brighton, Rotterdam, Yangon, Jaffna, Phnom Penh, Aotearoa, Seattle, and more. Editor Rigby will introduce the issue and glitch in with a casual dialogue engaging some of the contributors, including Anarco Anuj of the Black Book Distro in Nepal, and Gulsse of the Little Black Book Club in Seoul.<\/p>\n

Raising our fingers in continued salute to Myanmar, we hand over the session to Min Ma Naing, a Myanmar exile artist who will share about the ongoing Burmese Spring , still struggling under the rubble of the May 28th earthquake devastation.<\/p>\n

The Black Book Assembly zine #5 can be downloaded for free here<\/em><\/a>, and printed copies will be sold during our meeting to gather support for earthquake relief funds.<\/p>\n

Then questions, then closing.<\/p>\n

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NIGHT of SOLIDARITY FLICKER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, 16 April 2025
\n20:30-22:00 (UTC+8)
\n* RSVP for address via<\/em> 1930<\/a>
\nTickets: At the door, please show a receipt of the ticket amount (HK$250) as a donation to an earthquake relief mutual aid fund of your choice from this list: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/MutualAidForMyanmar<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Our night is composed of a documentary feature and a documentary short film, followed by a moderated Q&A session with the filmmaker Lamin OO (online) and Francis, and ends with a prayer and music. Our sincere gratitude goes to the filmmakers who willingly shared their works and to Francis who made time and space in this difficult time.<\/p>\n

Midwives<\/em> (2022) 1’32” , directed by\u00a0 Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
\nThe Rohingya are a primarily Muslim minority community who are
\nconfined to a small region in Western Myanmar with barely any
\naccess to services and who are being persecuted by the
\nBuddhist majority. The film portrays two midwives, one Buddhist
\nand one Muslim, who defy the brutal ethnic divide while working
\nside by side in a makeshift medical clinic. This healthcare centre is
\none of the only services available to the Rohingya population in
\nthe area. The film observes the two women\u2019s daily struggles and
\ntheir ongoing efforts to provide care amidst the chaos, violence
\nand intolerance.<\/p>\n

A Peaceful Land<\/em> (2016) 21″ , by Sai Kong Kham and Lamin Oo
\nIn 2005, Myanmar\u2019s military government launched a radical
\nbiodiesel campaign, forcing farmers to plant Physic Nut trees
\nunder threat of land confiscation and forced labour. Defying the
\njunta\u2019s oppression, four farmers from Nat Mauk risk everything to
\nfight for their rights in a powerful story of resistance and loss.<\/p>\n

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Francis<\/strong> is of Mon-Burmese descent and a native resident of Yangon. He lived through the military junta era, the democratic transition in 2010, and the NLD government. Since 2019, he has been an advocate for youth empowerment and civic education in Myanmar, engaging in teaching, public speaking, and collaborations at both national and international levels. Currently, he serves as a Regional Executive Member of the ASEAN Youth Forum, representing Myanmar\u2019s youth leaders and communities.<\/h6>\n
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing<\/strong> has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Myanmar since 2006, acting as director, producer, editor, and sound recordist after attending film schools in both Myanmar and Germany.<\/h6>\n
Born in 1985, Sai Kong Kham<\/strong> began working as a sound engineer at various radio stations in Myanmar, and he decided to pursue a career in filmmaking and enrolled at Yangon Film School in 2011. His debut documentary, _Sweetie Pie_, went on to screen at a number of international film festivals including Visions du r\u00e9el, and the Sehsu\u0308chte student film festival in Germany. He founded the film production company Tagu Films with fellow Yangon Film School alumnus Khin Maung Kyaw, and is a regular creator of documentaries and shorts, several of which have won awards.<\/h6>\n
Min Ma Naing<\/strong>, a Myanmar exile artist based in Berlin. She began her career as a photojournalist and later shifted toward a slower (human paced) contemporary documentary practice. Her work extends beyond image-making; she uses photobooks as art objects, inviting viewers into intimate encounters with her narratives.<\/h6>\n
Lamin Oo<\/strong>, born and raised in Myanmar, is a documentary filmmaker based in Yangon. He graduated from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, with a degree in Psychology and Philosophy. Since returning to Myanmar in 2013, Lamin has dedicated himself to documentary filmmaking with his team at Tagu Films. Francis is of Mon-Burmese descent and a native resident of Yangon. He lived through the military junta era, the democratic transition in 2010, and the NLD government. Since 2019, he has been an advocate for youth empowerment and civic education in Myanmar, engaging in teaching, public speaking, and collaborations at both national and international levels. Currently, he serves as a Regional Executive Member of the ASEAN Youth Forum, representing Myanmar\u2019s youth leaders and communities.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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