Mis en avant
Shortly after the death of the leader of their troupe, a family of Burmese activist-comedians and dancers finds itself in conflict over whether to stay home safe our go out and protest again as they had before, in the lead up to the historic elections they had spent thirty years fighting to bring about.
The clown appears in some form in virtually every culture around the globe. An outcast, an idiot, a freak, an innocent, seen sometimes as merely an entertainer, but in many cultures as a sacred being, a source of wisdom, and a teacher to children and leaders alike.