Myanmar's Moment

Thura U Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Union Parliament and Lower House of Parliament of Myanmar discusses Myanmar's reform, the country's upcoming election, Western investment, and the building of a stable and prosperous country.

Open Society Foundations Chairman George Soros, in an hour-long conversation with Asia Society's Orville Schell, covers much of the globe and touches on politics, finance, philanthropy, and even philosophy.

From 1975: Asia Society presents a mesmerizing performance of traditional music and dance from Burma.

Art conservator Leslie Gat shares her insights about art conservation and describes how some of the objects in Asia Society Museum's Buddhist Art of Myanmar were conserved for the exhibition and beyond.

Myanmar-born and Taiwan-based film director Midi Z and Taiwan actress Wu Ke-Xi speak with Asia Society Film Curator La Frances Hui following the screenings of the short film The Palace on the Sea and the feature film Return to Burma.

Film director Midi Z and actress Wu Ke-Xi attend the opening of the film series Homecoming Myanmar: A Midi Z Retrospective and discuss the film 'Ice Poison' (2014) with Asia Society Film Curator La Frances Hui.

Sylvia Fraser-Lu, guest curator for Asia Society Museum's exhibition "Buddhist Art of Myanmar," discusses a wood sculpture of a serene female figure and her role in local Buddhist lore.

Donald Stadtner, a guest curator of "Buddhist Art of Myanmar," shares insights into a late-12th-century sandstone sculpture depicting the Buddha's semi-divine origin.

Asia Society's Adriana Proser explains the significance, for Buddhists, of a 19th-c. bronze bell featured in the exhibition "Buddhist Art of Myanmar."

Burmese composer and percussionist Kyaw Kyaw Naing performs with his ensemble at Asia Society's 2012 Awards Dinner.

Writers Ma Thida, Nay Phone Latt, and Khin Mya Zin join moderator D.W. Gibson for a discussion of literature, the role of the writer, and freedom of expression at a time of rapid change in Myanmar.