Clever picmaker Amir Muhammad also narrates and appears ... helmer casts net so wide he’s sure to lose some outside viewers. But “The Big Durian,” now having a Sundance bow, will make ...

The premiere of The Big Durian by writer cum film-maker Amir Muhammad in Kuala Lumpur o­n Wednesday night attracted a full-house. It was an evening in which Amir compromised big screen experience ...

Amir Muhammad is an established filmmaker and writer who has released a number of critically acclaimed over the years. His documentaries such as “The Big Durian (2003)” and “Malaysian Gods ...

Based on the events of October 1987, one of the most controversial periods of the country’s recent history, The Big Durian is the ... the time when…?” Amir Muhammad was born in 1972 in ...

Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? "The Big Durian" speaks to 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.