The Marma are a minority indigenous people living in the Hill Tracts of the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. Ruled over by an increasingly symbolic monarchy, as well as the Bangladeshi state, they are battling to protect their identity, culture and territory in the face of mass climate migration onto their ancestral lands. To Be a Marma portrays how different figures try to do this through religion, music and land ownership. It was made as part of producer/academic Farhana Hoque's long term collaboration with the community.
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Edward Owles Director
First release November 12, 2020 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages Bangla, English
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Bangla · English
Release dates
Slovakia · November 12, 2020
Premiere · ETNOFILM International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Ukraine
September 17, 2021 · Premiere · OKO International Etnographic Film Festival
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