Still from the short film Dancing in the Dark, part of last year’s resistance film anthology Broken Dreams: Stories from the Myanmar Coup. (Supplied)

Theatres of war: Military vs. resistance cinema

Pro-military movies that once captivated the Myanmar public are now objects of ridicule for their tired cliches, while a post-coup wave of resistance films is pushing the limits and winning global recognition.

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