| HBO is more than just a hub of groundbreaking | | | | mainstream media around the world. The remarkable |
| television series and critically-acclaimed movies, but it | | | | documentary focuses on the work of a video |
| also plays host to a great number of award-winning | | | | journalist known as “Joshua” (whose |
| documentaries. With that, it’s safe to say that | | | | real name cannot be released for his personal safety) |
| anything HBO creates, funds or picks up is generally | | | | who worked undercover to counter government |
| solid gold programming. To get an idea of | | | | propaganda by smuggling out footage via internet |
| HBO’s documentary-base check out some of | | | | uploads or couriers to Olso, Norway. From there, the |
| the current documentaries playing on satellite TV. | | | | footage was then broadcast back into Burma from |
| For one, there is the Oscar-nominated documentary | | | | Norway by satellite. This footage had a lot to do with |
| Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, which | | | | the dramatic revolution in September of 2007 known |
| gives viewers a look into the savage 40 year military | | | | as the “Saffron Revolution” due to the |
| regime that had long been blocked from the eyes of | | | | color of the monks’ robes. |