http://laradamiani.com Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:14:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever since interviewing the Dalai Lama and following him on his last tour around Australia and New Zealand, it always struck me that he has incredibly humourous and human side is rarely seen by many people. When I was making "Tibet's Cry for Freedom", I had a couple of people ... http://laradamiani.com/2010/08/the-man-in-maroon/ Alyawarr elder, Banjo Morton forced the owners of the Lake Nash cattle station in the Northern Territory to pay him and other Aboriginal stockmen £1 a month when he  led a walk-off from there in 1942. Sixty-eight years later, Banjo has led another walk-off, this time from Ampilatwatja, ... http://laradamiani.com/2010/04/banjos-wara-new-documentary/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqY-00Q9USQ] The Moustache Brothers are not just a traditional a-nyeint pwe (vaudeville folk opera with dance, music, and jokes)...they are artists brave enough to speak out in a country where a joke against the government can get you jailed. Lu Paw, the English speaker of the three, provides some tongue-in-cheek humour ... http://laradamiani.com/2009/12/burmas-moustache-bros/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1niEVzpHug] Happiness and peace from a part of the world where people have little but are very rich.. http://laradamiani.com/2009/12/burma-kids/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGfGEya2Wy0] Great effort by Marco and friends for the Adelaide 350 International Day of Climate Change Action... http://laradamiani.com/2009/11/350_adelaide/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mnnVNekp3E] This is the clip that got Miguel and I selected for an audition for a Pilot for a Channel 7 series...fingers crossed ! http://laradamiani.com/2009/10/all-you-need-is-love/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJNMP6cUVQ] http://laradamiani.com/2009/10/fearless-filmmaker-for-hire/ I took my camera to Burma in March, 2009. The oppression is thick. You can feel it and you can see it. The government is building a new capital and spending millions of dollars on creating a luxury land for themselves while people continue to live in poverty. And it never ... http://laradamiani.com/2009/05/oppressed-burma/