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A Short Film on the May 13 Generation (2014)
Directed by Jason Soo
Drama · 19m
This short film was commissioned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of May 13, 1954, in which a peaceful assembly of more than one thousand boys and girls in Singapore was brutally broken up by riot police. The students had gathered to seek exemption for classmates affected by a new conscription law. To continue their protest, 800 students proceed to occupy Chinese High School. The film depicts a possible day in the occupation.
Crew
- Director
- Jason Soo
Details
- Original title
- 五一三学堂一角
- Release date
- 2014-05-13
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Singapore