Into the Current: Burma’s Political Prisoners

We recently finished ‘Into the Current’, the only contemporary documentary film to share the remarkable journey of Burma’s prisoners of conscience… the unsung heroes and the price they pay for speaking truth to power.

The film follows the stories and sacrifices of former political prisoner Bo Kyi and an underground team who work tirelessly and often at great risk on behalf of their jailed colleagues.

It illuminates the profoundly inspiring political vision of these prisoners, at a time when Burma is just beginning historical change towards democratic reform.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has led the non-violent movement for peaceful political change at the cost of her own freedom. Thousands of other intellectuals, artists and political activists have sacrificed their liberty for this vision of a just society.

Many are still imprisoned, and their release is seen as the true test of the new government’s sincerity to move towards democratic change.

‘Into the Current’ deepens our understanding of the long Burmese quest to replace dictatorship with a modern democracy that respects human rights and ensures lasting peace in ethnic areas impacted by war and gross human rights abuses. The film poses key questions about the legal and institutional reforms needed to end political repression and torture.

For more information, please visit at www.intothecurrent.org

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