Malaysia-born Chinese director LAU Kek-huat has been distant from his father since he was a child. Searching for the cause of this estrangement, LAU traced his family's secrets, and disclosed an untold national trauma and taboo — the history of the Communist Party of Malaya, whose members were listed as terrorists by the Malayan government.  

Days Around the Mines

This is Hpakan—a place of war, a grey area, a place to pursue dreams.

“When we were about eight or nine years old a lot of the young people in the village would go down the mine. Back in the 30s or 40s, you didn't need any money for it, you could just come here and, if you were lucky, strike it rich and turn your whole life around,” says LEE Yong-chao.