Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Malaysian Gods (2009)

Malaysian Gods poster
Directed by
Amir Muhammad
Genre
independent film
Country
Malaysia
Runtime
1h 10m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Malaysian documentary that shows the country's political landscape. It was not allowed in cinemas or on TV so it screened at colleges and private places.

documentary-stylerestrictedacademiclow-keyobservationalpoliticalunderstated

What happens

Malaysian Gods is a 2009 Malaysian political documentary film directed by Amir Muhammad and produced by Da Huang Pictures. Although not fully banned (unlike the director's last two documentaries), the Malaysian Film Censorship Board disallowed it from screening in cinemas and on TV. It thus was screened on college campuses and at private venues. It then premiered on 18 April 2009 at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival and was then shown at various other festivals, including Rotterdam International film festival and Dubai international film festival the same year, the Centre Pompidou in 2010 and La Casa Incendida in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?