Film Screening “Yangon Calling” – Screening Program by The Onion Cellar at ASEAN Music Festival 2015

Wed 17 Jun 2015, 8 pm
ATK

From The Onion Cellar:

The Onion Cellar presents a screening of YANGON CALLING – PUNK IN MYANMAR (official Vietnam premiere).

Part of SOUNDS BY SOUTHEAST 1 @ ASEAN Music Festival 2015

YANGON CALLING (61 min / Myanmar/Germany / 2013)
Directed by Alexander Dluzak and Carsten Piefke

[vimeo width=”700″ height=”393″]https://vimeo.com/54290744[/vimeo]

In the 90’s, sailors brought the first punk rock cassettes into Myanmar. Since then a scene with several hundred followers has emerged in Yangon.

The film YANGON CALLING introduces the main protagonists of the punk rock scene and shows their life in Myanmar’s underground. During six weeks, the filmmakers Alexander Dluzak and Carsten Piefke filmed secretly and without authorization in Yangon, using small cameras. They accompanied the punks to their homes and met their friends and families. They went along with them to work in the tailor shop and tattoo studio, to rehearsal rooms and secret illegal concerts. They spoke with punks who had sat in jail during the military dictatorship and saw them fight their frustration with heroin.

YANGON CALLING is a film about life in an authoritarian state, about personal tragedy and the struggle for freedom in a country where punk is still true rebellion.

YANGON CALLING – PUNK IN MYANMAR is part of SOUNDS BY SOUTHEAST (SXSE) 1

SXSE is a series of Southeast Asian music documentaries curated by The Onion Cellar and Vanity Production Vietnam. Consisting of 3 feature films and a special showcase of shorts, SXSE’s first installment celebrates musicians operating on the fringe of society.

SXSE 1 takes place in Hanoi & HCM City in June 2015. The Hanoi screenings are part of ASEAN Music Festival 2015

Other events:

HARANA – 10/6 @ Hanoi Cinematheque
Y/OUR MUSIC – 19/6 @ ATK
plus 1 further event to be announced

Entry by donation (on the door).

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