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Mien.ly is a full time activist, feminist, filmmaker. She believes that filmmaking is at once personal and political. She has organized Freedom Film Fest- a human right film fest in Malaysia, gassed while videoing public rallies and detained by police for handing memo in the parliament. Her film ‘My Confession- the picture diary’ has traveled to India, Philippines and Berlin. She is also involved with filmmakersanonymous.blogspot.com, katagender.blogspot.com and freedomfilmfest.komas.org.
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11:54
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May 14, 2008
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Aini lives with her mum in an urban poor village in the city. Her mum works in a factory that packaged mineral water bottles. In this place and time, water has been privatized and cost too much for them to afford it, so her mother takes the water from the well, in hope of having some savings for Aini to buy a computer. One day, her mother falls ill and Aini rush off to buy her clean water. She realized she doesn't have enough money to buy the water, then Joshua came.
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09:20
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Jan 30, 2008
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As Davina does her laundry, she was confronted with Iyem, her neighbor's domestic worker from Indonesia. Iyem began to share stories behind closed door to her. Davina now have to figure out what she would do with these stories.
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06:30
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Jan 29, 2008
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After 50 (or is it 44?) years of being together, as a team; there are still many things that perplexes us about each other in Malaysia. From gender to religion, it is never really just about race with us. But the point is (if there ever should be a point), does it matter?
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Jan 28, 2008
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A music video for Malaysian band Fallen Leaves.
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Dec 13, 2007
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Living in Kuala Lumpur, I have been often told by powers that be that there is only one story. I asked the singers-songwriters, and they sang to me about the many different stories, different identities and the different voices that filled this complex and colorful city.
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Mar 09, 2009
EngageMedia would like to share with you our knowledge of video distribution. This 2-day workshop in Penang from 18-19 April 2009 will explore how producers of critical films around the world are distributing their videos both online and offline.
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Jan 12, 2009
There is a good video in your hand; it could be on indigenous land rights, political turmoil or your community coming together to solve an environmental issue; it is a video you think would other people would benefit from watching...what do you do?
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Social justice and environmental video from the Asia Pacific
