My Puppet and Me

This documentary provides insight into the trade of shadow-puppetry, the issues faced by contemporary puppet masters, and discusses the urgency of preserving this vanishing art form.

  • Director: Khairol Hisham
  • Runtime: 26m18s
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade
  • Accession No: 2008-D-1207
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2008
  • Producer: Bront Palarae
  • Language: English, Malay
  • Production Country: Malaysia

Cast List:

  • Yusof bin Mamat
  • Dalang Muda
  • Yusof Merah
  • Ismail Wan Kar
  • Abdullah Hussien
  • Geduk Ibu
  • Che Bob
  • Kenny Cheng
  • Safari Awang Ahmad
  • Hassan Hussein

Crew:

  • Director of Photography - Muzaffar Mahmood
  • Lighting - Rizal Al-Hafiz
  • Audio - Farid Supangi
  • Graphic - Tokpa
  • Editor - Sham
  • Assistant Director - Ismail Mohd

Keywords:

  • Themes - vanishing trade, art form, modernization
  • Subject Matter - shadow-puppetry, wayang kulit, shadow-play, tourism
  • People - shadow-puppet master
  • Items - shadow puppet
  • Religion - Islam
  • Story - Mahabharata, Ramayana
  • Activities - rehearsals, rituals

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