September 30, 2012

Southeast Asia Day at Aquarium of the Pacific, October 6, 2012

Don’t miss this wonderful family event at the Aquarium.

The Aquarium of the Pacific will celebrate its eighth annual Southeast Asia Day. The festival’s program will highlight the beauty and diversity of the cultures of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and Indonesia. Guests will enjoy live performances, including music, dance, and cultural craft demonstrations. Ethnic dishes will be available for purchase, and children will have the opportunity to partake in arts and crafts.

September 8, 2012

Vote for Network of Myanmar American Association in the Chase Community Giving Contest (Sept. 6 – Sept. 19)

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The Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) was recently nominated to take part in the 2012 National Chase Community Giving Program to win $250,000 so that we can promote Myanmar arts, culture, films and music. But we need your help to secure this funding. The more votes cast for NetMAA, the larger the share of the grant we receive. It takes just a few clicks on Facebook to vote for NetMAA and COSTS YOU NOTHING!

August 28, 2012

Save The Date! 5th Annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles (Oct. 7 & 14)

The Network of Myanmar American Association, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Myanmar Film Festivals in the United States, invites you to the 5th Annual Myanmar (Burmese) Film Festival of Los Angeles. The two–day festival will be held at Downtown Independent Theater (http://www.downtownindependent.com/), a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. It is the chance for everyone to see Myanmar (Burmese) documentary films on the big screen before its DVD is released to general public.

July 16, 2012

The First Myanmar/Burmese Actress to Star in Hollywood Film, 1955

Daw Win Min Than, the first Myanmar actress to star in Hollywood film, grew up in Rangoon when Burma was part of the British Raj. She was the daughter of a government official. When the Japanese occupied Burma during World War II, the family fled to India. Until she was 14 years old, she attended a convent school, where she learned English.

In 1951, the family sent her to London, where she Marie Rambert’s dance school, but she quickly realized she was no dancer and soon returned to Burma, where she married the famous politician Bo Setkya (Thakin Aung Than), who was almost 20 years her senior.

June 25, 2012

L.A. Anyeint Thabin, Nat Pwe (Carnival of Spirit) & Music Concert: Aug.11, 2012

The Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) is proud to sponsor and bring one of the most popular Anyeint troupe from Myanmar/Burma lead by Tin Maung San Min Win, Artistic Director of Yangoon’s most distinguished company, Thitsa Metta Shwe Mann Thabin.

All proceeds of this U.S Anyeint Thabin, Nat Pwe and Music Concert will go to community outreach programs. NetMAA, a nonprofit organization is dedicated to maintain and promote Myanmar arts, culture, films and music. NetMAA holds various outreach programs throughout the year to benefit the Myanmar American community such as arts and culture events, film festival, photo exhibitions, benefit music concerts and U.S. immigration service assistance. Thank you all for your support.

June 6, 2012

Burmese Butterflyto be shown at the Frameline 36 of the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

“Burmese Butterfly,” a 13-minute short film, will screen during the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival at Victoria Theatre on June 21 at 7p.m.

Twenty-one-year-old hairdresser Phyo Lay looks back on a turbulent childhood and adolescence and describes how difficult it is to come out in Myanmar. A rare glimpse into the emergent gay community in this hitherto isolated country.

Burmese Butterfly – short film produced by the Yangon Film School in Myanmar

13 mins | Burmese w/English subtitle | 2011

May 9, 2012

Southeast Asia Food Festival – Sunday, June 3, 2012

A Taste of authentic food from Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand

presented by Network of Myanmar American Association

“The purpose of the event is to bring Southeast Asian communities together in Los Angeles area through different ethnic food and flavors”

FREE Admission

DATE: June 3, 2012 (Sunday)

TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Mark Keppel High School (Cafeteria)

501 E. Hellman Avenue

Alhambra, CA 91801

 

March 6, 2012

They Call It Myanmar: Lifting The Curtain

The story of Burma, told with stunning footage shot clandestinely over a 2year period by filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. It provides an astonishing and intimate look inside at what has been one of the most isolated countries on the planet, lifting the curtain on the everyday life of the people in this land that has been held hostage by a brutal and superstitious military regime for 48 years.

A revealing interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi conducted just after her most recent release from house arrest is interwoven with extensive interviews and interactions with Burmese people from all around this incredibly diverse nation. The film, culled from over 120 hours of striking images, is an impressionistic journey that leads across the vastness of Burma. It traces the history of Burma from its beginnings in the ancient city of Bagan, through colonial times, recent uprisings, the devastating Cyclone Nargis that killed 150,000 people, and up to the present day.

January 8, 2012

KACHIN MANAW FESTIVAL

By: Harry Hpone Thant Kyezu Kabar Sai Yaw (Thanks Be To You) Since the dawn of time, people had thanked Mother Earth for providing them with food and shelter. Communities hold ceremonies to mark and thank Mother Earth for the bountiful harvest she had provided for the previous year and to pray for the same… Read More Now »

November 27, 2011

San Francisco Burmese Film Festival

Co-Sponsored and Presented by Asian Student Union (ASU) of San Francisco State University, Burmese Youth Association (BYA) and the Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA). The SF Burmese Film festival is the first ever held for the Myanmar (Burmese) community in the San Francisco and Bay Area.

Please join us for this special opportunity to hear and meet the well-known actress Thet Mon Myint.

Saturday – December 3, 2011:

Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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