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'Chocolate' by Yasmin Ahmad

2009, August 20 - 10:05am — vyvy

Yasmin Ahmad [en.wikipedia.org], an internationally renowned filmmaker from Malaysia, passed away last month at the age of 51. Her works have won many awards throughout the world. This two-minute short film, 'Chocolate', was her last film. This piece is part of the 15MALAYSIA [15malaysia.com] project.

Like all her other films and TV commercials, this piece is equally deep and absolutely thought-provoking. She has been able to compress so many messages into this short piece. The piece lasts about two minutes but can let you to think for more than two hours! You may not catch much when the film just finished. But as you watch it or think about it again, you should gradually catch the elements Yasmin tried to tell you: Cultures, races, generations, hopes, lives, choices, limitations, government, ...