Burma on My Mind

"Burma on My Mind" was shot by Sushma Joshi between 2010-2011, when she was a fellow at the Asian Scholarship Foundation.

“Burma on My Mind” is a personal journey and pilgrimage through the heart of Myanmar’s Gorkhali community.

How do Hindus and Buddhists co-exist and live in present day Myanmar? Where do they go to seek spiritual transcendence?

What conflicts arise in their search for religious identity? And how
can the words of the Buddha provide an answer, and a pathway to peace, to the faultlines that have sprung up in this tight-knit community?

(The filmmaker apologizes for the inadvertent juxtaposition of a shot of Burmese gold workers beating gold that appears on top of the audio at 8:14. The image will be removed as soon as possible.)