As someone currently visiting Malaysia for a couple of months and looking for insights into the national psyche, I found Pendatang well worth watching. That it was made on such a tight budget entirely sourced by crowdfunding made it even more remarkable. I stumbled upon it while searching YouTube for Malaysian documentaries. Pendatang isn't a documentary; it's a fascinating cautionary tale that takes contemporary Malaysia as its starting point and asks, 'What would happen if...?' It relies on too many clunky plot devices to be a great movie, but it's nevertheless a very good one - and beautifully filmed. Definitely recommended to anyone interested in getting under the hood of contemporary Malaysia.
Review of Immigrants
