Don't leave Burma to Rambo
Awyame | 14.02.2008 03:47 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | London
A montage at the beginning of the film uses actual footage taken from inside Burma filling the screen with horrific images of peaceful protesters being shot at and people fleeing into the jungle with the Burmese military giving chase and opening fire. The film realistically portrays violent actions committed by the Burmese military towards innocent people including rape, land mine usage, and massacring a village by rolling up to it and firing their tanks and guns at the people.
At the UK Premiere Sylvester Stallone signed a Burmese democracy flag and shook hands with the pro-democracy Burmese community, some of whom had been victims of violence by the regime.
The US Burma Campaign has a Questions and Answers article putting parts of the film into their real context.
http://uscampaignforburma.org/blog/2008-thelmas-rambo-qa.html
Video clip from UK premiere
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ff4_1202893387
In Burma people are risking imprisonment just to see this film
http://www.abitsu.org/?p=1292
"We need more Rambo" graffiti in eastern Burma
http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2008/Feb/38-Feb-2008.html
Awyame
Additions
More pics from Rambo premiere
17.02.2008 16:34
England & Chelsea captain John Terry
Rambo himself - Sylvester Stallone
http://totaloutofburma.org
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