Malaysian Film Screening & Nasi Lemak Lunch ‘Big Durian’ and ’10 Tahun sebelum Merdeka’

The Abolish ISA Movement UK invite you to a fund raising film screening of 2 widely acclaimed documentaries, Amir Muhamad’s ‘Big Durian’ and Fahmi Reza’s ’10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka’.

 

“The Big Durian is an inspired approach to non-fiction cinema. Director Amir Muhammad is both savvy and witty and he uses sly humor not merely to pose dicey questions, but give voice to ideas that no one really wants to talk about, namely to uneasy social politics of race and religion in Malaysia and a government determined to keep it that way.”
-Sean Axmaker, GreenCine

 

‘October 20th, 1947 was a historical day in the Malayan people’s constitutional struggle for independence from British colonialism. This documentary chronicles the events that culminated in the Malaya-wide ‘Hartal’ day of protest against the undemocratic Federation of Malaya Constitutional Proposals devised by the British Colonial Government, and the rise of the people’s democratic movement in Malaya, ten years before independence.’

 -Fahmi Reza-

 

Date: Saturday 29th January 2011
Time : 12.30pm – 4.30pm (the screening starts at 1.30pm, nasi lemak lunch on sale before)
Venue :  Amnesty International UK 
The Human Rights Action Centre , 17-25 New Inn Yard 
London EC2A 3EA 
Nearest Tube Station : Old Street (Northern Line)
Tickets : £5 adults  £3 students (please register online, then pay on the day)