When Dr. Lynn abandoned his terminally ill wife on her deathbed, he left his three children Susan, Christian, and Win essentially orphaned. Almost a decade later, on the eve of their annual family reunion, Dr. Lynn unexpectedly shows up at Christian’s door claiming he can justify his nine-year absence. Drug-addled and emotionally vulnerable, Christian reluctantly agrees to escort his father to the reunion, sending an already volatile family environment reeling.
Burma is premiering at the 2013 SXSW film festival.
Born in the late 1970’s as a response to high gas prices, the moped was a short-lived fad whose only present-day trace is found among tight packs of young hipsters vying to keep the retro culture alive across America. For Emmy Award-winning documentarian Carlos Puga (True Life, MTV), three weeks’ access to The Hell’s Satans (Richmond, Virginia’s premier moped gang) produced enough material for not only an eye-popping peek into this otherwise reclusive society, but also a satirical jab at the process of documentary film-making.
Standard Arts has produced 17 episodes of the MTV documentary series True Life. Notable episodes include:
“I’m Backpacking in Europe”
“I’m a Single Parent”
“I Have Narcolepsy”
“I’m Moving Back in with my Parents”
In 2009 Carlos Puga was awarded a Daytime Emmy for his work on the series.
