For Reflection X With Discussion : Muallaf Film Session

it wasn’t exactly an exciting day

but somehow it ain’t any ordinary Wednesday

basically there were no class in the afternoon, again??

 

there was this movie screening thing

not exactly a new one

《Muallaf》, by late Yasmin Ahmad

but quite a controversial one

dealing with the issue of religions

 

it always creates a havoc

when it comes to religion issues

and I don’t know why

I mean it is not back in the medieval where

people can simply conduct massacre

just because they don’t like your religion

like language, skin colour or even your hobby

it is just part of our identities

 

as to what you can do

and what you can’t be doing

people can judge you

but they couldn’t change you, can they?

especially your mind set

 

well, I shouldn’t go on and elaborate further

in short, I am quite open-minded

when it comes to this part

 

anyway back to the movie

it explores more issues such as

sisterhoods, family violence and

of course… love

 

well seriously

this is like the very first time

I am watching a local film

yes, this is how bad it is

I don’t really get exposure to local arts

 

Muallaf movie trailer

 

so the lead actress, Sharifah Amani

made her way down

as the guest speaker

regarding her experiences in the industry

and of course, quite a bit about late Yasmin Ahmad

 

really salute this girl

she didn’t prepare any scripts or stuffs

right away opened questions to the floor

and the whole session was about Q&A

she is so articulate, vibrant and confident 

you can tell she really enjoy performing

and now she even got involved in behind-scene filming

like script-writing and directing

 

this is how people are driven by passion

and are moving on with motivation

definitely although no class attendance

was being taken for the day

us who were there

would have picked up something from her