Flooding in the Time of Drought

A documentary-drama sown from narrative threads of the lives of multiple foreign migrants amidst a drought and then a flood in Singapore, presented through various personal conversations.

Part 1: Drought
Part 2: Flood

  • Director: Sherman Ong
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Rating: PG / PG13 (Some Mature Content)
  • Availability: library@esplanade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library
  • Accession No: 2009-D-1400.1, 2009-D-1400.2
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Producer: Sunny Yong
  • Language: German, Hindi, Hokkien, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai
  • Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

  • Agnes Christina
  • Nathan Boenjamin
  • Richel T Hidalgo
  • Consulta Gian Carlo
  • Teresa Cua
  • Gayatri Devi Mishra
  • Sanjay Gautam
  • Giovanni Lombardo
  • Sofia Lombardo
  • Xiao Jing
  • Pacheun Maleipan
  • Zheng Mengtian
  • Sean Lee
  • Shawn Kiyotaka Fukuzaki
  • Shin Hye Jung
  • Kim Yeon Jung
  • Rattanan Channoi
  • Wazini Masmintrachaiyanara

Crew:

  • Director of Photography - Sharon Loh
  • Camera Assistant - Looi Wan Ping
  • Sound Recordist/Post - Ken Chan
  • Assisant Director - Swee Wee Keong
  • Art Direction - Chin Kean Kok
  • Art Direction - Looi Wan Ping
  • Set Photographer and Colour Supervisor - Han Tan
  • Editor - Ming An
  • Colourist - Max Chia
  • Online Post Producer - Fabian Tan
  • Screenwriter - Sherman Ong

Keywords:

  • Themes: Sexuality, Immigration, Language, Race, National Identity, Citizenship, Memory
  • Objects: Water
  • Relationships Employer/Maid, Husband/Wife, Father/Children, Employer/Employee
  • Places: HDB Flat
  • Activities: Talking

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