Sittwe: Film Screening & Panel Discussion About Rakhine State, Burma

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WSD Handa Center for Human Rights & Int'l Justice, CDDRL, Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Location
Pigott Hall 113, Building 260, 450 Serra Mall

Sittwe gives voice to two teenagers separated by conflict and segregation in Burma’s Rakhine state, Phyu Phyu Than, a Rohingya girl and Aung San Myint, a Buddhist boy. Filmed over two years, the youth share their ideas about mutual fear between their communities and the hope of reconciliation.

Sittwe was produced with the Burmese NGO, Smile Education and Development Foundation as a tool for facilitated discussions about peace building in Burma. The film premiered at the Freedom Film Festival in Malaysia where it was awarded the Best Southeast Asia Short Documentary. 

Please join us for the film screening of this short documentary (running time 20 minutes), followed by a panel discussion with Director Jeanne Hallacy, Producer U Myo Win, Sr. Fellow Larry Diamond, and Dr. Clayborne Carson. 

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