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Country/Region: Malaysia

Release Year: 2026

Story:

Jementah’s Pudu ritual reveals how a Chinese folk practice evolved from ethnic division into communal unity. Shaped by war, resettlement, and local leadership, the festival reflects the interplay between national history and everyday life in Malaysian Chinese society.

Casts & Crews:

Chi Sung CHUA
Directors

Kian Fatt TAN
Directors

Kian Fatt TAN
scriptwriter

Chi Sung CHUA
cinematographer

Chi Sung CHUA
editor

Runtime: 32 minutes

Language: Mandarin, Hokkien

Subtitles: Traditional Chinese, English

iMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16354285/

Douban: https://movie.douban.com/subject/38349521/

Tags: #MalaysianChinese #FolkReligion #LocalHistory

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Director‘s Statement:
The starting point of this film comes from my curiosity about everyday cultural practices. Many rituals we now take for granted appear timeless and natural, yet their formation is often shaped by complex historical processes involving social change, political tension, and communal negotiation.
Over time, these processes fade from memory, leaving only the visible form of tradition.

Through this documentary, I seek to return to those overlooked historical layers and recover the values embedded within them. Rather than constructing a grand historical narrative, the film focuses on local practices and lived experiences, observing how people responded to specific historical circumstances through choice, compromise, and adaptation. By working with documentary images, I aim to allow the past to re-emerge—not as distant history, but as something that continues to resonate in the present.

This film approaches history as a way of thinking with the present. By reflecting on the past, I hope to open a space for dialogue on how earlier experiences might guide us in facing similar challenges in the future. In this sense, the film is not only about remembering, but about learning how memory can inform what lies ahead.