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Exiled: Musician

The Burmese musician Kyaw Htet, photographed by Platon and interviewed by Human Rights Watch.

Released on 10/08/2010

Transcript

[soft acoustic guitar music]

Sometimes I got a depression.

Many deaths and many things happen.

[soft acoustic guitar music]

I put all of my feelings on my song.

I play, play, play, play, play.

Sing, sing, sing,

after that, it's okay.

[soft acoustic guitar music]

[Narrator] People think of Burma and they think of horrors

and they think of people as victims, and

it's not full story.

People resist and they're opposed to military rulling

in so many different ways.

[soft acoustic guitar music]