Dancing with Dictators: The Story of the Last Foreign Publisher in Burma (2011)
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DANCING WITH DICTATORS is a film about Burma and the battle for control of a newspaper. Central to the story is Australian publisher Ross Dunkley who owns The Myanmar Times. Like all media in Myanmar the newspaper is heavily censored. The government has forced a 51% partner on Dunkley and after the first election in 20 years their enmity explodes. Dunkley is arrested and imprisoned as his Immigration charges turn into a sexual smear campaign. His partner takes control and the government moves towards ending any foreign ownership of the Burmese media.
- Release date
- November 18, 2011
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Guy Gross
Crew
- Hugh Piper · Director
- Hugh Piper · Writer
- Helen Barrow · Producer
- Guy Gross · Composer
- Helen Barrow · Cinematographer
- Suresh Ayyar · Editor