Taking the Low Road: Drugs and Destitution in Midi Z's Ice Poison

Midi Z's follow-up to Return to Burma (2011) and Poor Folk (2012) dissolves the line between fiction and documentary, transporting viewers to Myanmar's rural underbelly where illegal substances interact with poverty and lure individuals desperate to survive, writes Rebekah Brammer.

Additional keywords: Asian cinema, jade mines, drugs, ice, crystal meth, methamphetamine.