Malaysian Gods

2009 | 70 mins | English subs | Documentary

Producer: Amir Muhammad & Tan Chui Mui

Director: Amir Muhammad

Writer: Amir Muhammad

Camera: Shan

Editor: MS Prem Nath

Synopsis

In this 2009 documentary, Amir Muhammad revisits locations associated with Malaysia’s Reformasi movement, which gathered momentum in September 1998 following the dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Rather than using archival footage or interviewing political leaders, he speaks with ordinary people who live and work in these places. Tamil-language conversations are interspersed with historical intertitles as the film asks what changed in the intervening decade.

Festival

22nd Singapore International Film Festival

45th Pesaro International Film Festival

Bangkok International Film Festival

24 Mar del Plata IFF - INCAA, Buenos Aires

39th International Film Festival Rotterdam

Pompidou Cinema 2010