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Said Zahari’s 17 Years by Martyn See (FreedomFilmFest 2020)

FreedomFilmFest, Malaysia’s International Human Rights Film Festival will be hosted online for the very first time this year and EVERYONE is invited. The first 150 tickets for EACH session of the festival will be FREE of charge. All you need to do is to select the session that you want to watch and register your details with us. Film and session details are below.

Open Approved
13 Dec 2020 to 14 Dec 2020
2:30PM
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
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Event Details

Duration 1 hour 30 minutes

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Said Zahari’s 17 Years

Sinopsis Filem
Sebuah wawancara bersama Said Zahari, seorang editor akhbar anti penjajah yang tegas yang dituduh oleh kerajaan Singapura sebagai terlibat dalam aktiviti pro-komunis dan akhirnya ditahan tanpa bicara dari 1963 hingga 1979. File mini telah diharamkan oleh kerajaan Singapura atas sebab “menggugat keyakinan masyarakat awam terhadap Kerajaan”.

Film Synopsis
An interview with Said Zahari, a staunch anti-colonial newspaper editor who was accused by the Singapore government of alleged involvement in pro-communist activities and subsequently detained without trial from 1963 to 1979. This film is banned by the Singapore government for "undermining public confidence in the Government.

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Year of Production: 2015
Runtime: 49 minutes
Country of Film: Singapore
Language of Film: English
Subtitle Language: Bahasa Malaysia
Filmmaker: Martyn See

Martyn See

Screening Date & Time with details

Date & Time Details Language of Session
13 Dec, 3.00pm

Film and post screening discussion
- Martyn See (Filmmaker)

Moderated by PJ Thum (Founder and Managing Director, New Naratif)

 English

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About FreedomFilmFest

FreedomFilmFest(FFF) is organised by Freedom Film Network (Pertubuhan Perfileman Sosial Malaysia), a non-profit society dedicated to the development and promotion of social justice and human rights films.

FFF 2020 is part of the Social Films For Social Change project co-organised with Goethe Institut and supported by the European Union. And in collaboration with our screening partners: BENTARAKATA (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah), CIVICA Research (Kuching, Sarawak), ENGAGE (Muar & Johor Bahru, Johor), FFF Penang, LASKAR (Temerloh, Pahang), Suatukala (Langkawi, Kedah) & Function 8 (Singapore).

For more information about FFF, head over to our website freedomfilm.my

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