Sittwe is about two teenagers separated by conflict and segregation in Burma's Rakhine state, Phyu Phyu Than, a Rohingya girl and Aung San Myint, a Buddhist boy. Both youth saw their homes burned down during communal violence in 2012. Phyu Phyu Than is confined in an apartheid-style camp and has no chance to go to school or travel to her home just a few miles away. Aung San Myint's family struggles to survive and support his high school studies to fulfill his dream to go to medical school. Interviews filmed over two years with the teenagers reveal their ideas about each other's communities and the hope of reconciliation.
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Jeanne Hallacy Director · Elizabeth Finlayson Editor
First release July 1, 2017 · Produced in Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, United States · Languages Bangla, Burmese
Production
Kirana Productions
Production
Myanmar (Burma) · Bangladesh · United States
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Original language
Burmese
Spoken on screen
Bangla · Burmese
Release dates
Thailand · July 1, 2017
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No release date listed for United States.
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