Documentary VCDs on cyclone on sale

by Mizzima News

Tuesday, 20 May 2008 19:42

New Delhi : Documentaries on VCD of the devastation caused by deadly cyclone Nargis hit areas in Laputta and Bogale in Irrwaddy Division are selling briskly in Rangoon. The VCD has footage of the collapsed buildings, floating corpses and carcasses, inundated paddy fields and interviews with storm victims. The VCDs have been available in Rangoon traffic junctions for Kyat 1,500 per copy since last week.  These VCDs are being shown in teashops, restaurants and bars in Rangoon for public viewing. "I feel sad seeing corpses floating in the flood water. The corpses are piled up. I was moved when I saw the corpses under the rubble and debris, some with crushed heads, some family members  were tied with a rope, some corpses were floating in the water, some were dead with their heads buried in the shrubs grasping whatever they could," a local resident who bought and saw the documentary told Mizzima.  Besides the collapsed, buildings uprooted trees, debris and rubble and the dead the documentary also portrays the suffering of cyclone victims in makeshift shelters and in the open air.  "Some storm victims seem to be in shock, some are traumatized, some have found their lost sons.  I saw storm victims chase and surrounded donors when they came with relief supplies," the local resident added.  But the state owned TV station MRTV did not show these pictures and news but only played out the regime's propaganda of transporting and distributing relief supplies by the army and some shots of rubble, local residents said.  "There are stories related with the storm and sufferings of these victims and interviews with them in the VCDs," another local resident said.  "The people want to buy and see the documentary as an extraordinary event. They bought the VCDs showing corpses and carcasses floating in the flooded water, collapsed houses. The scenes only bring on sadness," he added.    < Prev   Next >