Dispatches

Orphans of Burma's Cyclone

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As Burma's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, faces trial by the country's military government, this timely and remarkable Dispatches film follows the lives of eight Burmese orphans as they struggle to survive the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.

Filmed covertly over the course of a year by two Burmese cameramen, who risked an instant 30 year jail sentence if caught, Orphans of Burma's Cyclone exposes the official intransigence of one of the world's most brutal and secretive regimes and, for the first time, reveals what day-to-day life is like for the ordinary people of Burma.

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Date Time Channel
Monday 01 June 2009 Channel 4

Last Shown

Date Time Channel
Monday 01 June 2009 8PM Channel 4
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