YANGON: The abrupt cancellation of the screening of a film critical of Myanmar’s military has exposed sensitivities over portrayals of the army as the country deals with the legacy of 49 years of harsh military rule.
Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess, directed by Austrian filmmaker Sabine Derflinger, was pulled from the opening night of the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival in Yangon on Tuesday after being rejected by the censorship board.
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