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This screening was followed by a Q&A with director Karen Stokkendal Poulsen. Hosted by former BBC Burmese service editor Tin Htar Swe OBE.

After 50 years of military dictatorial rule in Myanmar, the military generals began to realise something needed to change for sanctions to be lifted.

Following the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of 2010, the military installed a so-called civilian democracy, transforming its appearance in the eyes of the international community.