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| Total Denial |
| Bulgaria / Italy / 2006 / 65 min / Karen / Burmese |
| Milena Kaneva |
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| Synopsis |
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| Milena Kaneva spent five years in the Burmese villages gathering
accounts of slave labour, rape, murder and re-location of villagers
connected with the construction of the Yadana oil pipeline. She
managed to do this with the help of Ka Hsaw Wa, a human rights
activist, wanted by the police in Burma as well as Thailand and one of
the leaders of the student movement for democracy in Burma in 1988.
In 1995 Ka Hsaw Wa along with co-founder of Earth Rights
International Katie Redford brought a landmark lawsuit in the U.S
courts representing fifteen Burmese villagers against UNOCAL and
TOTAL, the two companies involved in the oil pipeline project. Total
Denial tracks this inspiring journey and reveals to the world the
shocking partnership of the Burmese military dictatorship, famous for
human rights abuses and the corporate giants. |
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| Director's Biography |
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| Born in Bulgaria, Milena Kaneva studied acting
at the Sofia Theatre and Film Academy. She
moved to Italy in 1987, before the fall of the
Berlin Wall and began a career as a journalist
and producer with the news agency WTN, later
APTN. She has shot reports in Eastern Europe,
Africa, South America and Asia. Her other award
winning films include The Initiation. Kaneva
wrote, produced, and shot Total Denial. It is the
result of five years of hard work in the jungles of Burma and the U.S
Courts. |
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| The Rights Angle 2009 |
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| The military junta that governs Burma claims that foreign direct investment will create economic opportunity. However like
in the case of the Yadana pipeline where it was supposed to provide 'security' for the construction, it carried out grievous
human rights abuses: slave labour, forced relocation of entire villages, murder, rape and torture of Burmese citizens. The
case that was filed by 15 Burmese victims in the U.S court was possible because of an obscure 18th century statute despite
resistance from the Bush administration. |
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Awards |
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Vaclav Havel Special Award For
Human Rights, One World
International Documentary Film
Festival, 2006 |
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Website |
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www.totaldenialfilm.com |
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Print Source |
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Milena Kaneva / MK Production / bl.
Vitosha 40, Sofia 1000
Bulgaria
mkprod@mclink.it
359 29 87 98 47 / 359 885 10 0722 |
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