Malaysian films battle censorship and death threats to triumph on global stage
Several Malaysian films such as Tiger Stripes and Rain Town have won acclaim at international film festivals.
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Several Malaysian films such as Tiger Stripes and Rain Town have won acclaim at international film festivals.
By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer With a seemingly endless supply of rain, many people refer to our city as Raincouver — but there’s another place across the globe that has claimed the title of “Rain Town.” Taiping, Malaysia, is endearingly called Rain Town due to its status as “the wettest town in Malaysia,” and sets…
PETALING JAYA: Rain Town, the country’s first Chinese language film directed by a Malay woman, is film director Tunku Mona Riza’s homage to Malaysia’s rich cultural tapestry and her call to fellow Malaysians to embrace diversity.
Rain Town, which debuts this week at the Silk Road International Film Festival, is a Cantonese family story set in Malaysia’s Perak state from Malay director Tunku Mona Riza.
Amtrak has launched a connecting bus service from New Bedford to its Providence rail station to expand accessibility to train service to 500 destinations.