Synopsis
Confident, focused and elegant, Myanmar Muslim Yi Yi Myint divides her time between looking after her mother, teaching Arabic and practising her faith. An accomplished Karate practitioner to boot, this charming thirty-six year old single woman would seem to have it all – except perhaps for the right marital partner…
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Credits
Director: War War Hlaing
Camera: Khin Maung Kyaw
Sound Recordist: Jue Jue Than
Editor: Kyaw Myo Lwin
Editing Mentors: Shin Daewe
Melanie Sandford, David Smith
Categories
Documentary, Family Life, Society, Women, Ethnic Diversity, Work, Religion
Technical Details
Duration: 12‘35‘‘
4:3 Letterbox
DVD PAL
English Subtitles
2012
Copyright
Yangon Film School
Director's Biography
Engineering graduate War War Hlaing’s family are Myanmar Muslims. Before she took up studies at YFS in 2011, she divided her time between helping out on her family’s vegetable stall and working as a development volunteer, teaching life skills or staging plays with the Myanmar interfaith peace group IYCAP. Proud of the liberal upbringing she herself has enjoyed, she hoped that her first short documentary Koran and Karate would help change prevailing prejudices about Muslims in Myanmar.
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Director's Filmography
Director
12‘35‘‘
Sound Recordist
15‘36‘‘
