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Mother's Burden (2018)

Mother's Burden

September, 2018
Wathann Film Fest#8
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Yangon , Myanmar

Synopsis

This story of one older single mother’s struggles in rural Bagan and her misguided choices for her daughter reflects the conservative and sometimes ill-fated approaches to parenting that still prevail in today’s Myanmar.

Director's Biography

Born in Yangon in 1985, Cherry Thein studied English, psychology, communications and journalism. She has since contributed numerous articles on vulnerable children to different newspapers and magazines. Having attended a number of Yangon Film School courses including Documentary Directing and Development, Screenwriting, Film History and The Animated Documentary, she began developing a feature-length documentary with fellow YFS student Thae Zar Chi Khaing about young girls living on the streets of Mandalay. Mother’s Burden was her directorial debut.

Awards & Nominations

September, 2018
Wathann Film Fest#8
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Yangon , Myanmar

Screenings

June, 2020
2 Rivers Cross-Cultural Documentary Cinema
Koblenz, Germany
December, 2019
FACT Film Festival: Contemporary South Asian Film by Women
Liverpool, England
October, 2018
Seoul International Senior Film Festival
Seoul, South Korea

Director's Filmography

2018
Mother’s Burden

Director

16‘46‘‘

2017

1‘40‘‘

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