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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