Films by Zarganar

Germany, Great Britain 2010, 90 min
by Rex Bloomstein

Two men, joined by comedy, seperated by repression This Prison Where I Live is a feature length documentary about two comedians. Maung Thura, better known as Zarganar, is Burma's greatest living comic. Relentlessly victimised by the Burmese military junta, he is now in prison. Michael Mittermeier, in stark contrast, is free to practise his art of humour and provocation as one of Germany's leading stand up comedians. In 2007, Zarganar was interviewed by the British documentary filmmaker, Rex Bloo