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“Sittwe” Screening and Discussion
6 July, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
SEA Junction event on 6 July 2017 at 5-7 PM focuses on ethnic and religious conflict in Myanmar and possible approaches to peace. The program consists of the screening of the short documentary “Sittwe” and a follow-up discussion with the director Jeanne Hallacy and co-producer and peace activist U Myo Win of the Smile Education and Development Foundation, Yangon.
Sittwe tells about two teenagers in Burma’s Rakhine state who were displaced by communal violence in 2012: a Muslim girl named Phyu Phyu Than and a Buddhist boy named Aung Khan Myint. Interviews recorded over two years explore their ideas about education and the possibility of reconciliation. The film, in Rakhine, Bengali and Burmese with English subtitles, aims to give voice to two sides of the conflict to enable a way forwards towards peace.
The film was due to premiere in Yangon at the Human Rights, Human Dignity Film Festival but was banned by the government censors. The Asian Premier is on 5 July at FCCT and the screening at SEA Junction is the day after. The event is free, but donations are welcome to enable SEA Junction to continue its activities and keep events accessible to the public.
Bios of the presenters
Jeanne Hallacy is a filmmaker and photographer producing stories about human rights and social justice issues in Southeast Asia. Her film credits include: This Kind of Love profiling Burmese LGBT rights activist Aung Myo Min (2015), Into the Current: Burma’s Political Prisoners, chronicling the history of non-violent resistance in Burma (2012), Mercy (meddah) about a Thai girl who lost her family to AIDS (2002) and Burma Diary, a four-year journal of a refugee family displaced by war (1997). Hallacy directs InSIGHT OUT! photo storytelling project that trains youth affected by natural disaster, conflict and social inequities to create media.
U Myo Win is the Executive Director of the Yangon-based NGO, Smile Education and Development Foundation. Smile works on interfaith cooperation and peace building, and conducts trainings on civic education and conflict transformation. Myo Win is an executive member of the Metta Circle Consortium, Myanmar Civil Society Forum for Peace, and Myanmar Peace and Human Rights Consortium. He is also part of the Regional Consultation Body of the Freedom of Religion or Belief in ASEAN. A recipient of the Chevening Fellowship he conducted research on Conflict Resolution at the University of York in England.
Organizers:
SEA Junction, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia (see https://seajunction.org) SEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/
