The Venerable W.
2020 • Documentary/Foreign • Not Rated • 100 Minutes
| In Theaters | N/A | |||
| On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
| On Blu-ray | Not Available | |||
| On DVD | May 19, 2020 | |||
Director
Evil comes in many forms. In Myanmar, it manifests in the casual racism and Islamophobia of influential, charismatic Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu. Through interviews with international journalists and community leaders who protest against Wirathu's views, explicit amateur footage of the persecution of the Rohingya, and through powerful storytelling, acclaimed director Barbet Schroeder (Reversal of Fortune, Koko: A Talking Gorilla, and Barfly) slowly, but inexorably, builds his case. Perhaps most damning of all are the interviews with the man himself; couching his rhetoric in nationalist fervor of life.
Not Rated.
Presented in Burmese.
Released by Icarus Films. See more credits.