In the organizer's words:

Grenzgang presents:

A live documentary with Andreas Pröve

"If you are looking for a smile, you will find it in Burma." Hardly a sentence could describe the Burmese people more aptly. A people who were born with optimism and who touch every visitor deeply.

When Andreas Pröve visited Burma for the first time over 30 years ago, his enthusiasm knew no bounds. Indeed, hardly any other country can boast such a variety of different cultures, peoples, beautiful landscapes and monuments as today's Myanmar. Andreas Pröve has now traveled through Burma once again and documented his dream country with spectacular aerial photographs.

During the Buddhist New Year, he plunges into the wet and cheerful water festival until there is not a dry thread left on him, meets fortune-tellers who are very popular with the generals and visits minorities in the inaccessible mountain regions.

Andreas Pröve reports on his 3000-kilometer wheelchair journey through a country where spirits rule, where both men and women wear skirts and every man has been a monk at least once in his life.

Andreas Pröve, born in 1957, a well-known photojournalist and author, had an accident on his motorcycle at the age of 23 and has been paraplegic ever since. Just three years after the accident, he set off on his first trip to India in a wheelchair and still tours the world today, driven by the desire to discover and insatiable curiosity. He does not shy away from extreme challenges.

His stage presence is as offensive and up close as his travels. Authentic and emotional, he captivates the audience. His infectious wit, love of life, humor and openness also characterize his books, which have reached the "SPIEGEL" bestseller lists.
Pröve now lives with his family on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath.