Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!

Dear Patrons

I am honoured to introduce to you the special guest actor hosting our latest Honest Government Ad - just published to YouTube: Visit Myanmar!

Her name is Ingyin Hlaing Hlaing and she is a refugee from the 2021 military coup in Myanmar.

One of the many people whose lives was abruptly interrupted by the coup, Ingyin was studying medicine in Myanmar but had to flee the country when her father - one of the elected MPs who were arrested in the 2021 coup - was imprisoned by the junta (he is currently serving a 100+ year sentence).

She arrived in Australia on a humanitarian visa in 2022, and learned to speak English to the point where she was able to resume her studies - still hoping to become a doctor - whilst also starting her acting career in locally-made films about the revolution.

I was put in touch with Ingyin by people in the Burmese diaspora community here in Australia. And after hearing her story, I just had invite her to host this HGA - an invitation she warmly accepted.

And I don't know about you, but I am blown away by the incredible job she did of it! Not to mention her bravery. Coz if you know about the conflict in Myanmar, you'll appreciate how courageous it is of her to front this video. (And If you don't, then this HGA video will give you a good overview in under 5 minutes). Respect. If you'd like to follow Ingyin, she asked me to share her FB page.

The conflict in Myanmar is little-known around the world - a virtually forgotten war.

That's why people in the Burmese diaspora here in Australia asked us to make an HGA about Myanmar, in the hope that we could help more people to learn about what's going down there. They also put me in touch with Ingyin, as mentioned, and provided assistance with sourcing many of the images and footage that feature in the video. For their safety however, they asked not to be credited.

I love responding to such requests and collaborating in this way with people from the places we cover outside of Australia - like our Visit Hawai'i, Visit Puerto Rico, Visit West Papua and Visit Canada HGAs - among others.

And making HGAs that raise awareness about issues that desperately need it, makes me feel like we're lending a hand where it's most needed. Which is such a rewarding feeling.

And I'd like you to share in that feeling, too. Because we wouldn't be of much help to anyone without your support here on Patreon: I could never have spent the past month researching and making this video, let alone pay Ingyin a good fee to act in it. I hope you feel your money is being well spent in supporting the Juice Media.

I'll publish the video to other platforms shortly, but I wanted to send this off to you asap so you know the video is now out on YouTube:

Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!

In our next video, we'll be returning to matters closer to home as we look at our upcoming federal election here in Australia. Unless civil war breaks out in the USA after next week's election, in which case we may have to do something about that. We sure live in "interesting times".

Until then, take care

Giordano & team