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Burmese Butterfly

2011, 13 minutes
Media type
Country of origin

Myanmar

Germany

Production company

Yangon Film School

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

Burmese/မြန်မာဘာသာစကား

Subtitle languages

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Description

Twenty-one-year-old hairdresser Phyo Lay looks back on a turbulent childhood and adolescence and describes how difficult it is to come out in Myanmar. A rare glimpse into the emergent gay community in this hitherto isolated country.

IMDb. “Burmese Butterfly.” Documentary, Short, Biography, n.d. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3698364/.
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Crew
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