Southeast Asian Cinema: When the Rooster Crows

SoutheastAsiaCinema-Whentheroostercrowsisavoiceofdiversityreachingforchange.BrillanteMendoza,EricKhoo,GarinNugroho,PenEkRatanaruanggivevoicetoaregionrichwithtraditions,ethnicgroups,languages,politics,andreligions.Itiscinema,atitspurestform,fightingforfreedomofexpression,documentingreallivesofordinarypeople,givingvoicetotheunderdogsandtheoutcasts.Theamalgamationoftheseaspectsgivesbirthtoanultra-neo-realisticcinemalanguagecurrentlyuniquetofilmsfromthisregion.