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'Black Out', a film from the Tech Tales collection, is among 40 films from or about Myanmar featured in the encore edition of the Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival running online from February 1 to 13.
Members of Tech Tales' advisory board, who worked together with EngageMedia and the filmmakers to ensure the films' accuracy in depicting digital rights, say the collection highlighted human experiences of technology that needed to be told.
Five digital rights films from the Tech Tales collection were among the works screened for Myanmar audiences at an online film festival that aimed to raise awareness on the human rights situation in the country. As of writing, the two-day festival has garnered over 300,000 cumulative views online on the pages of local news organisations Toward Journal and Mizzima TV.
Human Rights Day is an opportunity to remind everyone that digital rights are human rights: Everyone deserves to equally enjoy the benefits of technology and protection from its harms. To mark this event, EngageMedia is launching two research reports and a limited virtual screening of our Tech Tales film collection.
From December 10 to 18, catch all eight thought-provoking films that highlight key digital rights issues in the Asia-Pacific.
EngageMedia Executive Director Andrew Lowenthal shares the idea behind the Tech Tales film collection, and what these digital rights films aim to achieve.
The special screening will feature films on human rights stories in the Asia-Pacific in celebration of Human Rights Day this December.
In line with the international celebration of World Internet Day, EngageMedia on October 30 launched Tech Tales: Films about Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific, a collection of eight films that highlight human rights stories in the digital age.
Tech Tales, a collection of eight films that highlight human rights stories in the digital age, launches on Saturday, October 30. This first-ever public screening of the Tech Tales film collection coincides with the international celebration of World Internet Day, an apt time to turn a critical eye to the current digital rights issues being faced in the Asia-Pacific.
