2006 · documentary · musical · political
The Last Communist
Directed by Amir Muhammad1h 30m2006
A travel documentary essay, interspersed with specially composed songs, about the early life and legacy of Chin Peng, exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya.
Our read: The Last Communist (2006) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive documentary · musical · political entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, gentle documentary / musical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- inventive
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