{"id":29749,"date":"2024-11-28T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/?film=above-and-below-the-ground"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:26:36","slug":"above-and-below-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/pro\/catalogue\/2025\/above-and-below-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Above and Below the Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Myanmar army and a Chinese corporate giant forced Indigenous Kachin people off their ancestral land to build the massive Myitsone Dam, Grandmother Lu Ra stood her ground. She and fellow activist Ja Hkawn struggle to save the confluence of the sacred Irrawaddy River and build a movement, mentoring young female law student Hkawn Mai. A Kachin punk rock band of pastors, BLAST, also takes action, transforming their love songs into protest anthems. Our film follows these activists, from their underground beginnings during Myanmar\u2019s military junta rule, to supposed \u201cdemocratic\u201d reforms and a sudden military coup. During such periods of fledgling democracy and dictatorship\u2013in Myanmar and globally\u2013our film asks how ordinary people can use the power of music, organizing and women\u2019s leadership to challenge authoritarianism. Above and Below the Ground Above and Below the Ground  Emily Hong Emily Hong Maggie Lemere Ja Nang Tsen  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-29749","film","type-film","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/29749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/film"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}