Taken from Google Video:
“The wealth generated by Singapore’s much-touted economic success story has not benefited everyone, least of all its senior citizens, a.k.a. the nation builders. Filmed on the streets and back-alleys of downtown Singapore in July 2007, this video does not contain any enactments or acting. Directed, shot and edited by Martyn See.”
Nation Builders of Singapore
From director Martyn See’s blog:
“I’m a Singaporean who survived 15 months of police investigation for the making of banned short film ‘Singapore Rebel’, deemed to be an illegal political film under the law. Has since followed up with ‘Zahari’s 17 Years’, a documentary on an ex-political detainee, and ‘Speakers Cornered’, a chronology of brief scenes from a street corner standoff between pro-democracy activists and the police. Otherwise, he is mostly a law-abiding Singaporean video editor.”
Links to some of his other films:
Singapore Rebel (YouTube), (Google Video)
Speakers Cornered (YouTube)
Films like Singapore Rebel and Fahrenheit 9/11 may give a rather one sided account, but they do show a side of the story that most people are unaware of. Reading the Straits Times does not give one a balanced view of the political situation. Neither does solely reading all the growing anti government vitriol you can easily find online these days.
This post is not to express my political views, but I am strongly for exposing people to both sides of the coin so that they can draw their own conclusions. Ignorance shouldn’t be an excuse for apathy.
