‘Mencari Kartika’ screens tonight at the Annexe Gallery! Catch this documentary that explores the sentiments of Malaysian Muslims on the caning of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for consuming alcohol.

by Yin Shao Loong

Amir Muhammad’s Malaysian Gods (MG) offers an amalgam of two strands of Malaysian life. The first being a history of the genesis of Malaysian reformasi relayed in English text. The second is interviews in Tamil or Tamil creole with a variety of Tamil speakers. Like an amalgam these two strands have different properties but are nonetheless juxtaposed in the hopes of exerting a useful effect on each other. Street politics is matched with life from the streets.