i come across this movie on tv . i hadn not hear of it before and almost change the channel and but it quickly hook me . the story of the struggle of the burmese people against a military dictatorship be provoke . the level of brutality that some be willing to use to hold onto power be hard to believe . it make me thankful to live in a country where the government isn not likely to shoot people in the street . the story of laura bowman be a good thread to hold the story of political struggle together .