Synopsis
Every year, thousands of young people flock to Yangon from Myanmar’s rural dry zone to work in the factories that have sprung up on the outskirts of the country’s former capital. Ma Nwet Yin Win is one of them. She and her sister left their home on an alluvial island in the Ayeyarwaddy River twenty years ago. Climate change has made life there difficult, but fighting for workers’ rights in Yangon is no less daunting.
Credits
Director: May Thyn Kyi
Camera: Theingi Win Tin
Sound Recordist: Sai Nyi Min Htut
Project Mentor: Khin Myanmar
Editor: Mi Mi Lwin
Editing Mentor: Tuula Mehtonen, F.C.E.
Category
Documentary, Family Life, Society, Women, Work, Environment/Climate Change
Technical Details
Duration: 14‘31‘‘
Format: 16:9 anamorphic
System: PAL
Subtitles: English
Copyright
Yangon Film School
Director's Biography
May Thyn Kyiwas born in 1996 in Yangon to parents from the Rakhine and Inn ethnic groups in western Myanmar and central Shan State respectively. Frustrated by constraints for women working in journalism, she left reporting and announcing jobs at the Eleven Media Group and Mandalay FM to instead work in communications for the Rainfall Feminist Organization. Since joining YFS in 2020, she has worked on several projects, such as fellow student Mai Aik Yunn’s A Boy with Dreams. Shifting Sands is her directing debut.
Awards & Nominations
November, 2021
Screenings
Director's Filmography
Director
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