Ruthless colonization Mat Kilau could not even imagine


The locally produced movie “Mat Kilau” has certainly made history by collecting record revenue for the Malaysian filmmaking industry in record time - pointing to a sensational viewership outreach.

At the same time, the salient single-dimensionality of the movie in the sense that it portrayed every non-Malay character as a villain helping the British colonialists plotting and committing their atrocities against the Malays causes serious concerns for its consequences to the unity and harmony of our multi-ethnic nation.

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