About a hundred people of this small south central interior British Columbia community watched The Lady last evening at the local college lecture theater. A powerful storytelling of the the fight for democracy in Burma, the film seemed to hush the people as they left the building.”That was a good film” was one of the comments, I saw that 2 years ago at the coast another. However an overall mood of some reverence was very clear.
Red scarfed soldiers selected and given licence to arbitrary kill seemed to be one of the key elements in a muting of unsolicited opinion. The fact that the Military allowed a free election May 1 and only won 10 seats of the 400 some also raised a sence of wonder about delusion and arrogance of unrestrained power.
The president of the group was heard to say that the film was attended by 87 members. Ron Brown was in the group, he was an election official here and supported mandatory voting. The group according to the president all voted in the tear off people’s choice with a unanimous excellent.
Today in history: February 19,1861
Serfdom is abolished in Russia
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