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Burmese Rapper (2019)

Burmese Rapper

Synopsis

Long-haired and skinny Mandalay rapper ‘Wareru’ expounds his approach to life and his music in this offbeat portrait of one of Myanmar’s most popular hip hop artists. You don’t have to be Shan to wear Shan trousers, claims this wordsmith, but you might have to go back to your Burmese history books to get all the references in his lyrics.

Director's Biography

May Myat Noe Aye was born in Yangon in 1995. She studied German and business management and worked as a researcher for Enlightened Myanmar before joining Yangon Film School in 2018. Since then, she has worked in various capacities on several of her peers’ films: from sound recordist and/or designer on Kachin Reporter (dir. Sein Yamone Htoo) and Going Home (dir. Chit Moe Pio), to editor on Shin Thandar’s award-winning short documentary Worlds Apart. Other collaborative projects include an animated documentary Beyond the Hatred based on a story from the book ‘Of Peaceful Days …’, as well as a short drama about the inhabitants of an apartment block in Midtown Yangon, which she also helped to mix. Her own journey into directing began with a lively portrait of the well-known Mandalay-based performer Wareru in Burmese Rapper. Ruby Hunters is her second documentary. 

Director's Filmography

2024

Director

20‘50‘‘

2020

Co-Director

19‘37‘‘

2020

Sound Recordist

16‘36‘‘

2020

14‘56‘‘

2019
Burmese Rapper

Director

13‘6‘‘

2019

3‘58‘‘

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