If you plan to visit Myanmar, formerly Burma, anytime soon and you are a fan of movies and books, we have some recommended movies and travel books on Myanmar.
Freedom from Fear
The author, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize and a prisoner of Burma’s ruling military junta, shares essays about her father, Burma’s cultural heritage, and the need for democracy. Collected writings – edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer.
The River of Lost Footsteps
The River of Lost Footsteps is Thant Myint-U’s engaging combination of contemporary travelogue, history and personal recollections that places Burma at the geopolitical heart of Asia.
Twilight Over Burma
‘Twilight over Burma’ is the story of a great happiness destroyed by evil, the overthrow of one of Burma’s most respected local leaders, and one woman’s determination and bravery against a ruthless military regime.
Burmese Days
In this caustic, fast-paced novel about the waning days of British imperialism, George Orwell draws on his years of experience in India, the country of his birth. The story focuses on a handful of Englishmen living in a small settlement in Upper Burma. They congregate in the European Club, drinking whiskey and arguing over an impending order to admit a token Asian.
Letters from Burma
In these astonishing letters, Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burma’s borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native land. The reader catches a glimpse of exactly what is at stake as Suu Kyi fights on for freedom in Burma, and of the love for her homeland that sustains her non-violent battle.
Burma ’44
The untold story of one of WW2’s most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma. The lessons learned in this tiny and otherwise insignificant corner of the Far East, set up the campaign in Burma that would follow, as General Slim’s Fourteenth Army finally turned defeat into victory.
The Lady And The Peacock
The definitive biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader, now the subject of Luc Besson’s film, ‘The Lady’.
Recommended movies on Myanmar:
The Lady
The extraordinarystory of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her husband, Michael Aris (David Thewlis). It is also the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma’s democratic movement. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end.
Death Railways
In 1942, the Japanese high command regarded it as imperative to link the existing railway networks around Bangkok in Thailand and Rangoon in Burma with additional 240 km of narrow gaged track. They completed the project in an amazing 15 months at the horrific cost of over 116,000 lives.
Top Gear: The Burma Special
This Top Gear Special is another epic expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around our intrepid adventurers travel across the wilds of Burma taking three lorries on what could be Top Gear?s toughest challenge to date!
The Burmese Harp
A soldier in the Japanese army in Burma in World War II frequently plays his harp to entertain his fellow soldiers. When the war comes to an end, he is asked by the British to go into the mountains to try and convince a Japanese troop to surrender. Given only 30 minutes to convince them, he is unsuccessful – they would rather die with honor – and the British attack.