‘White Tiger Column’ Directors on How Myanmar’s Resistance Speaks to Political Youth Movements in Brazil, Serbia and the U.S.: ‘Revolution Is on the Lips of a Lot of People’

Nov 12, 2026 12:30pm PT ‘White Tiger Column’ Directors on How Myanmar’s Resistance Speaks to Political Youth Movements in Brazil, Serbia and the U.S.: ‘Revolution Is on the Lips of a Lot of People’

Bryan Dickie, Robert Mentov and Dwight Jantzi spent six weeks deeply embedded in the Burmese jungle to shoot this year's IDFA opening film

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In 2021, 10 months after Myanmar’s military overthrew the democratically elected government in a coup, Canadian photojournalist Bryan Dickie heard of a rare opening to access the country. He acted swiftly. The experience of that trip inspired him to enlist long-time collaborators Robert Mentov and Dwight Jantzi, with the trio returning to Myanmar two years later and capturing the training regime of young recruits of the People’s Defense Force. The result of the six weeks on the ground is “White Tiger Column,” opening this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

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