“Pendatang” is a very important film for Malaysian cinema, in a year the local industry seems to be taking a leap. The film is the country's inaugural crowd-funded and locally-produced film, and was released exclusively and for free on YouTube by the movie studio to avoid censorship and maintain its non-profit commitment stated on the Indiegogo crowd funding campaign page. From the 21st, when it was initially released, until now (December 28th) “Pendatang” (as it is its Malaysian title) has 550,000 views, perhaps suggesting a solution against the rather strict censorship policies the country implements.
The story takes place in a fictional version of Malaysia where a segregation act after the ‘927 incident' and the subsequent referendum has split the country's population according to their ethnicity, relocating the citizens to designated areas. In this setting, a Cantonese-speaking family of four is forced to relocate into a remote kampong house, despite the fact that the father,...
The story takes place in a fictional version of Malaysia where a segregation act after the ‘927 incident' and the subsequent referendum has split the country's population according to their ethnicity, relocating the citizens to designated areas. In this setting, a Cantonese-speaking family of four is forced to relocate into a remote kampong house, despite the fact that the father,...
- 12/30/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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