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Subject: Invitation to a Screening of Birth: Voices from the 1988 Uprising

in Burma
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The Nonviolence Empowerment Organization, Inc. (NEO)
cordially invites the members of the Free Burma community
to an Award Presentation and Screening
of the film, Birth: Voices from the 1988 Uprising in Burma,
the International Video Award Winner
in the 1999 Hometown Video Festival

Date:    Friday, August 6, 1999

Time:    6:30 PM

Place:   815 15th Street, NW
         10th Floor, Conference Room
         (in the office building of the NCGUB)
         Washington, DC 20005

Please RSVP at (703) 524-9773, Ted of DC-BAN

Following is a press release which details the ceremony.


August 8th weekend activities commemorate 1988 massacre in Burma

Washington, DC, July 14, 1999:  Free Burma activists, Burmese students, 
politicians, and individuals from human rights organizations will gather in 
Washington, DC on the weekend of August 8, 1999 to commemorate the eleventh 
anniversary of the August 8th massacre in Burma.  Eleven years ago, on 
August 8th, or  8.8.88, the Burmese military regime murdered over 4,000 
people participating in nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations referred to 
as the 1988 Uprising.
An award ceremony and screening of the historic film, Birth: Voices from the 
1988 Uprising in Burma, will kick off the weekend events on August 6th at 
6:30 PM in the office building of the National Coalition Government Union of 
Burma (NCGUB), 815 15th Street, NW, 10th Floor Conference Room, in 
Washington, DC.  Birth: Voices from the 1988 Uprising in Burma, a 
documentary recounting the events of the uprising, recently won the 
International Video Award in the 1999 Hometown Video Festival, a nationwide 
competition sponsored by the Alliance for Community Media.   Part of the 
historical record of Burma, Birth is the first documentary which tells the 
true story of the uprising as well as being the first film on the democracy 
movement produced by a Burmese activist.  During the August 6th ceremony, 
Shwe Htee (8.8.88), the Executive Producer of the film, will donate his 
International Video Award to Dr. Sein Win, the Honorable Prime Minister of 
the National Coalition Government Union of Burma (NCGUB).  Dr. Sein Win and 
the members of the NCGUB were elected as a result of the 1990 elections, 
which the regime still refuses to recognize.  Shwe Htee says, "I want to 
share my award because it actually represents a collective effort of many 
Burmese students and Free Burma activists.  We made this film so people will 
never forget the thousands of innocent victims who sacrificed their lives 
for democracy and humans rights in Burma."
Other activities planned for the August 8th weekend include a candlelight 
vigil and wreath laying ceremony on August 7th from 8-9 PM in front of the 
Burmese Ambassador's residence, 2333 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, and a 
memorial service on the morning of the August 8th at the Burmese monastery, 
1708 Powder Mill Road, Silver Spring, MD.  Both of these events are 

sponsored by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) in Washington, DC.  The August 
6th award ceremony and screening is sponsored by the Nonviolence Empowerment 
Organization, Inc. (NEO).



The Nonviolence Empowerment Organization, Inc. (NEO) is an organization 
dedicated to educating the public about the situation of human rights and 
refugees all over the world.





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