- Title: Apa Khabar Orang Kampung
- English title: Village People Radio Show
- Year of Completion: 2007 (world premiere February)
- Duration: 72 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Languages: Malay & Thai
- Production Company: Da Huang Pictures
- Writer/Director: Amir Muhammad
- Camera: Albert Hue
- Sound: Hardesh Singh
- Still Photography: Danny Lim
- Editor: Akashdeep Singh
- Assistant Director: Liew Seng Tat
- Thai Radio Actor: Bront Palarae
- Producer: Tan Chui Mui
- Executive Producer: James Lee
- Distribution: redfilms, Malaysia
- Distribution Contact: info@redfilms.com.my
Synopsis
In the propaganda war against the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), much was made of the fact that the party comprised ethnic Chinese who adopted an atheistic political philosophy. This tactic proved effective as the country was mainly Malay and Muslim. However, a large and influential division of the CPM comprised Malay-Muslims. This documentary is a portrait of life in a tranquil South Thailand village, complete with mosque, where the retired members live in exile. Recollections of the decades-long guerrilla war are interspersed with a fictional Thai radio drama.
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