Synopsis
An encounter with the filmmaker’s uncle, the charismatic commander of the Chin National Front Solomon Thang Ding, that also takes a look at the political reforms that Chin State – Myanmar’s poorest region – was undergoing before the 2021 coup.
‘... draws you in from beginning to end, and goes beyond one individual’s point of view to give us the bigger picture, thereby contributing to the critical peace process in Myanmar today’
Director's Biography
Anna Biak Tha Mawi (born in 1990) is a Chin national from Hakha. A graduate of the Myanmar Institute of Theology, her poems and short stories have appeared in Chin magazines, and her paintings have been shown in group exhibitions. Having joined YFS as a screenwriter in 2009, in 2010 she wrote and later helped to film Bungkus, a short drama about the phenomenon of the ‘parcel bride’. She is now developing this topic as a feature-length film. After having won an award during the YFS documentary competition in 2013 for her first documentary, Solomon, she was accepted onto the School’s Art of Documentary Filmmaking course in 2014, from which The Barber emerged. Anna has also recently founded a traditional weaving initiative that aims to provide young Chin women with a livelihood.
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