Malaysian Gods

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A Nutshell Review on MALAYSIAN GODS   by admin
Reviews 20/04/09 03:10:25 pm

MALAYSIAN GODS WORLD PREMIERE in Singapore International Film Festival
A Nutshell Review

During the mini-seminar session, Amir mentioned that Malaysian Gods had been passed without cuts back home, but also not permitted to be publicly screened. It's no surprise to this as he admitted, given the buzz the authorities had unwittingly created because of their banning of his earlier film The Last Communist. Hence the situation this film is now in. But as usual, from watching this across the Causeway, one wonders if political / politics-related films which might see the respective authorities on either side frown upon, would find an audience at the other side given a piqued interest, as well as hey, it's not talking about us here so we're cool about it?

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Malaysian Gods

In September 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. His expulsion and subsequent trial for corruption and sodomy triggered a wave of street protests by his supporters and those who were against the authoritarian rule of the government. The label for this movement and era was 'reformasi' (reformation). Malaysian Gods takes a look at several pivotal protests that took place in the year following his sacking. It eschews archive footage in favour of interviews with people who are living, working in or visiting the actual locations of the demonstrations, about a decade later.

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