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Myo Mint knows the ruling Burmese army’s demand for discipline first-hand; he entered the army as a teenager, attracted by the promise of security and power. But his harrowing stint came to an equally harrowing end when an arm and leg were blown away while clearing mines. Discharged and disillusioned, he began to try to educate himself illicitly through banned books on just why Burma was at war with itself. He soon became an outspoken activist, campaigning against the very regime he used to represent. Using smuggled footage, Sundberg tells us about the ever present fear that drives both civilians and soldiers in this tragic land.