Total Denial
University of Ottawa
Friday October 5, 2007
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Univeristy Of Ottawa, MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146), 150 Louis Pasteur Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Bruma/2006/92 Minutes/Burmese/English
Directed by Milena Kaneva
Cast: Ka Hsaw Wa as Himself
Produced by Milena Kaneva
Original Music by Nikolay Ivanov
Sound mixer Vladislav Boyadjiev
ONE MAN, wanted by the law both in Burma and in Thailand - KA HSAW WA.
SLAVE LABOR, a common practice in BURMA, a country now called Myanmar, controlled by a military dictatorship.
Two WESTERN CORPORATIONS making business deals with a junta infamous for HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
This is the story of the construction of the UNOCAL/TOTAL oil pipeline in Burma.
An unprecedented legal battle will unfold in a US courtroom, shocking the world with its revelations.
Fifteen plaintiffs who've never left the Burmese jungle will battle head-to-head with two corporate giants. The outcome of this struggle will profoundly affect the actions of corporations worldwide.
Comments about the film:
ONLY IF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD KNOW THE TRUTH IS THERE SOME CHANCE FOR CHANGE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT FILMS LIKE THIS EXIST - Vaclav Havel, This is the kind of film that changes lives- Sean Farnel, HOT DOCS
Josh D. Washington DC: It was a really great movie! What an incredible story. Made me feel like I should really do something more worthwhile with my law degree.
Amy Beam, Barbados: It is one of the very best documentaries I have ever seen. I had to get up to wipe my tears away and blow my nose several times. I felt you did an incredible job to simplify 64 boxes of legal documents for the court case into one 90-minute film. Foremost for me is the message that one single human being can make a difference. This should be required viewing for high school students. And of course, every adult who is willing to hear more and yet more truth of man’s inhumanity to man should view this movie. It’s impact will spread out like a ripple on a lake and affect people in the next generation.
Director's Bio:
Milena Kaneva, born in Rousse, Bulgaria studied acting at the Sofia Theater and Film Academy. She moved to Italy in 1987, before the fall of the Berlin Wall and began a career as a journalist and producer with the news agency WTN, later APTN. She has shot reports in Eastern Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. Her exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize laureate kept under house arrest by the military dictatorship in Burma,connected her to that country forever. In 2000 she produced her first long-form documentary, "The Initiation" about female genital mutilation in Mali, and won first prize at the Festival of Due Mondi. Her shooting career started in 1997 when she covered the terrible massacre of the Sem Terra in Eldorado dos Carajas in Brasil. Kaneva wrote, produced, and shot Total Denial. It is the result of five years of hard work in the jungles of Burma and the US Courts.
Source: www.totaldenialfilm.com
Movie reviews:
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=12247
www.filmref.com/journal/archives/2006/06/total_denial_2006.html
Media:
total denial - movie trailer
www.totaldenialfilm.com/page.php?mid=15
Related Links:
Burma Project:
www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai
Human Rights Watch:
www.hrw.org
Earth Rights International:
www.earthrights.org
