DANCING WITH DICTATORS is a film about Burma and the battle for control of a newspaper Central to the story is Australian publisher Ross Dunkley who owns The Myanmar Times Like all media in Myanmar the newspaper is heavily censored The government has forced a 51 partner on Dunkley and after the first election in 20 years their enmity explodes Dunkley is arrested and imprisoned as his Immigration charges turn into a sexual smear campaign His partner takes control and the government moves towards ending any foreign ownership of the Burmese media
