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The Lady a Film about Aung San Suu Kyi
New hope and a new film a film by director Luc Besson called THE LADY inspired by the life of Burma’s courageous Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband Michael Aris
The Lady a Film about Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi is played by Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis as her husband Michael Aris.
The film is about the volatile political events in Burma it is also a love story about the love that existed between Suu Kyi and her late husband, Michael Aris. Michael had to take charge of raising the couple’s two sons in England while his wife was held captive in her Burma homeland. Michael worked hard to raise Western awareness of his wife’s fight for democracy.
The film The Lady was shot mainly in Thailand using Burmese refugees as extras. Some of the films footage was shot in Burma and smuggled out. One only hopes that the western leaders open their eyes to the unbelievable crime that is going on in Burma……….maybe this film will go some way in making things happen.
Myanmar cares about its people
Myanmar Cares, does care, wants to care, will care given the chance. Poverty, misfortune and the needy populate our world and flicker in and out of our lives. From the latest disaster on the news to the charity shops that line the streets. Yet, sometimes our own lives can consume the needs of others and even though we want to care, would care, we find it difficult to make that next step when our own worlds won’t stop. My world was like this, a blur of materialism and business, even self-absorption, until I started to travel the world. Then, suddenly the realisation of what I had seen on the television and papers was in front of me, literally clinging to my hands begging for help. There wasn’t another channel to flick over to, a train to catch, another page to turn. I had to take the next step. I had to go from wanting to do something to doing it. Now I’ve begun our world is a phenomenal planet and some say that the only thing wrong with it is the human race. A bold statement, but you only have to pick up a newspaper in any part of the world to understand why it’s said. Day in and day out you read about doom and gloom mostly created by mankind’s greed and diverse religious beliefs. However there is another side of the coin and it’s this side that I want to focus on. I want to use this site to benefit the people of Myanmar. Funds raised by this site will go to Myanmar refugees living in the border camps in Thailand. No disrespect to charitable organisations, however, having donated money in the past and then polity asked for evidence that my money was in fact spent on the needy constantly fell on deaf ears. Also considering the recent lies from politicians and bankers my trust in so called professional organisation has dwindled. Therefore any donations that are made via this site will be used to buy physical goods and delivered to the camps personally.
