TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amir Muhammad.
TI  - The big durian 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Malaysia, 
PB  - Doghouse73 Pictures : 
KW  - Han Chiang College
KW  - Student Project
KW  - Motion picture
KW  - Video recording
N1  - Han Chiang College student project; Director, Amir Muhammad ; featuring, Anne James Farisha : A.Noor Namron : Jo Kukathas : Patrick Teoh Rashid Salleh Low Ngai Yuen : Salleh Ben Joned ; music, Hardesh Singh; APA citation style : 
Amir Muhammad. (2003). The big durian. Malaysia: Doghouse73 Pictures
N2  - The playful, probing docu-essay The Big Durian revisits a 1987 shooting spree by a Malay soldier who ran amok in a predominantly Chinese area of Kuala Lumpur - an incident that coincided with a spike in racial tensions and general paranoia. Days later, the government detained a hundred or so people under the Internal Security Act, a tool for silencing its critics.
Named for the thorny local friuit and unafraid to take on a variety of prickly Malaysian taboos, prejudices, and urban legends, The Big Durian ends up a sober critique of the country's 'neo-feudal' politics (as one interviewee puts it) and an impertinent love letter to its people that doesn't let them off the hook for their apathy
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