Mae Tao Clinic Celebrates its 20th Anniversary!

The Mae Tao Clinic (MTC), founded and directed by Dr. Cynthia Maung, provides free health care for refugees, migrant workers, and other individuals who cross the border from Burma to Thailand. People of all ethnicities and religions are welcome at the Clinic. Its origins go back to the student pro-democracy movement in Burma in 1988 and the brutal repression by the Burmese regime of that movement. The fleeing students who needed medical attention were attended in a small house in Mae Sot. Since 1989 MTC has grown, from that one small house to a large complex of simple buildings that provide a wide variety of health services to different groups of people. Today it serves a target population of approximately 150,000 on the Thai-Burma border. Exact numbers are hard to calculate because of the fluidity of the population. About 50% of those who come to MTC for medical attention are migrant workers in the Mae Sot area; the other 50% travel cross-border from Burma for care.  The Mae Tao clinic was featured in the BeCause Foundation Film, Crossing Midnight. For more information: http://www.maetaoclinic.org

Crossing Midnight premieres in Canada on Saturday, Sept. 26!

Crossing Midnight, was selected for screening at the 10th annual Calgary International Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals in Canada. Our film will be shown on Saturday, September 26 at 12:15. The entire festival will be held September 25-October 4, 2009 in Calgary. This will be the Canadian premiere screening for Crossing Midnight.

Crossing Midnight Selected for Hamptons International Film Festival

The film, Crossing Midnight, was selected for screening at the 17th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. This prestigious festival will be held over Columbus Day weekend, October 8-12 in East Hampton locations. (http://hamptonsfilmfest.org)

One Bridge to the Next Selected for screening at Singapore Short Film Festival.

As part of our involvement with the US State Department's American Documentary Showcase, One Bridge to the Next, will be part of the 5th Singapore Short Film Festival September 13-21, 2009.  The 5th Singapore Short Film Festival is Singapore's only dedicated international short film festival that showcases award-winning short films from around the world!  

Tickets available for Crossing Midnight at Hamptons International Film Festival

The BeCause Film, Crossing Midnight, will be participating in the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival's Short film program "Local to Global" in the East Hamptons United Artists venue.