Village People Radio Show
Apa khabar orang kampung
Malaysia
2007
72 Min
Color
Thai, Malayalam
Synopsis
A portrait of village life in South Thailand, home of retired Malay-Muslim members of the communist party of neighboring Malaysia. Recollections of the decades-long guerrilla war are interspersed with a Thai radio soap opera. —IMDb
Director
Amir Muhammad
Amir Muhammad is a writer and independent filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was born on December 5, 1972 in Kuala Lumpur and was educated at the University of East Anglia. He has been writing for Malaysian print media since the age of 14, notably the New Straits Times.
In 2000, he wrote and directed Malaysia’s first DV feature. Some of his works have also been featured in a number of international film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Two of his films, Apa Khabar Orang Kampung and The Last Communist have been banned in Malaysia. A full retrospective of his work was screened at the 2008 Pesaro Film Festival, Italy. He is a partner at Da Huang Pictures.
He started publishing non-fiction books in 2007 under his company Matahari Books and is taking a break from film-making. —Wikipedia
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Jerry Johnson
18Feb12
A perfectly-rendered analysis of warriors-past-by. Orwell's Homage to Catalonia in past tense celluloid. And a cockfight!
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