Yasmin Ahmad Revisited

Yasmin Ahmad Storyteller Blog Profile Pic

This July 25 would mark the 3rd anniversary of the untimely passing away of Yasmin Ahmad , perhaps Malaysia's most famous film maker, story-teller and advertiser.

Although it is still some days away, I thought it won't be out of place to revisit her story here.

This is a video of the making of "Chocolate" , a short socio-political film as part of the 15Malaysia project  produced by Pete Teo. Here, Yasmin Ahmad gives a glimpse of her philosophy of film-making.

And here is the film "Chocolate" itself.

She met a group of bloggers here.

This is one of the late interviews she gave . The actual interview was done in English, the rest in Mandarin. So be patient if you can't understand Mandarin.

This is one of the many video tributes from her fans. The song is the Malay version of "I Go",  by Pete Teo.

And here's the English version.