"Eyes of the Storm" is the best documentary on Burma that I have seen in recent years. You must watch this. It can or will make you cry.
Eyes of the Storm tells the struggles of several orphaned children left to fend for themselves and rebuild their shattered lives in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Among others we meet 10-year-old Ye Pyint who is now surrogate father to his younger brother and sister; they live in a makeshift hut in what remains of their village. We follow Min, the 16-year-old who is the sole survivor from his family and is now trying to live as a monk in a Buddhist monastery miles away from his devastated home.
Through the eyes of the Burmese filmmaking team who shot undercover for over 10 months in defiance of the ruling junta's media blackout, WIDE ANGLE provides a rare window into one of the world's most secretive countries. The hour-long documentary also features American and British journalists who have reported from Burma and speak of its history and the hopes and fears for its future.
Watch on PBS.
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