"SEPET" the Movie

If you could recall the local Malaysian movie production of "Sepet" relating to one Chinese boy going after the heart of one Malay girl. Seems that the famed producer, Yasmin Ahmad, didn't budge even though she was urged, both directly and indirectly, to stop messing about with our "culture" and start preserving it. Granted, the demands were made mostly by people of questionable intellectual agility. But one must be fair, mustn't one, and give all suggestions due consideration.

Yasmin, after giving a thought to it for 2 whole seconds laughed over it. Below is the multi-racial cast and crew members of Sepet:-
* Yasmin Ahmad: Indonesian + Japanese.
* Executive Producer, Rosnah Kassim: Malay + Chinese.
* 1st Assistant Director, Pete Abdullah: Chinese + Malay.
* Editor, Affandi Jamaludin: Malay + Indian.
* Producer, Rayyan Harris: Malay + Chinese + Portuguese + English.
* Production Assistant, Harris Zeka: Indonesian + Arab + Chinese.
* Production Assistant, Pipi: Malay + Chinese.
* Talent Coordinator, Zila: Indonesian + Chinese.
* Assistant Art Director, Jie Suria: Malay + Thai.
* Continuity, Hashim: Arab + Indonesian.
* Assistant Continuity, Aegi: Chinese + Malay.
* Props Assistant, Simon Langi: Iban.
* Make-up Artist, Hadthim Tai: Thai + Bengali + Malay.
* Wardrobe Stylist, Shahrom: Thai + Malay.
* Gaffer, Anuar Kingkong: Malay + Indian.
* Still Photographer, Adam Ariel Tunguia: Filipino + Kadazan + Chinese.
* The hero of the film members: Mohd Syafie Naswip: Malay + Arab.
* The heroine: Sharifah Aryana Syed Zainal Rashid: Bengali + Chinese + Arab + Malay.

And there you have it. Quite possibly the most racially impure production cast and crew you're ever likely to meet at any given film set or location.

Dr Jemilah Mahmood, founder and President of MERCY Malaysia, and to Yasmin's mind the greatest woman ever to walk on Malaysian soil, would proudly announce to anyone who cared to listen that she was born of a Malay father and a Chinese mother. A regular "Sepet" baby, you might say.

To me, this is MALAYISA, TRULY ASIA, the theme broadcasted by the Tourism Ministry's overseas' advertisement. And if you click at Sepet's website, just look at the credentials the movie has obtained.
Tags: Movie, Cinema, Sepet, Malaysia, Multi-Racial