Our Burmese Days

Our Burmese Days

In this documentary, the main idea was to find a family’s actual root whereby the mother denies that they were from Burmese which is now Myanmar. This film shows that a daughter trying which was the director of the film (Lindsay) trying to convince her mother to go back to her home country which is in Burma. It consists of her brother (Bill) and her mother (Sally). Sally is originated from Burma but had migrated to England for quite some time. She denies that she was from Burma, she only acknowledge herself as English. She a shame of being a Burmese, Lindsay invited her mother to make a trip back to Burma but she was very reluctant about the idea. Sally was not ready to face the pain that had happened way back then when her mother which is Lindsay’s grandmothers death. Lindsay finally got her mother to agree on going to this trip and when they step down all the old memories flashed back for sally. They went visit old neighbour and friends. They told sally about her mother’s death and surely sally cried. Sally misses her mother, and it was hard for her. Lindsay was born in UK and she was very interested in knowing her actual roots. She wanted to meet people who know about her family which could tell her stories which she had missed out, she also wanted to know more about the culture in Burma and how it feels like being a Burmese. Sally’s persistence made the trip not as enjoyable as they could have. She insist that she is an English and not from Burma. She has lost roots and from this film, Lindsay is trying to encourage her mother to remember where she actually came from, and she can be proud of her own country. overall this documentary brings out the meaning of acknowledging and be proud of our own kind and do not forget our roots.