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They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain (2012)
Stunning footage, distracting narrator
The documentary contains remarkable interviews and footage. Too bad Robert Lieberman keeps insisting on making his presence known at the cost of the documentary's quality and integrity.
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain could have been a good film. And all in all, it is -- if you can tune out the persistent commentary by Lieberman that adds little to the film other than arrogance.
The anonymous comments by Burmese people offer interesting insights into the formerly isolated nation. (Their identities are never revealed in order to protect their safety. The film never addresses, however, the consequences for the Burmese citizens whom Lieberman films without their consent or knowledge.) The footage -- much of which was filmed clandestinely -- offers a fascinating glimpse at parts of Burma. It could have added up to a much better film.