A prescient tale from the 1970s of a government's slow reaction to an urgent pandemic, a documentary of five female mine clearers risking everything on the job, and a glimpse of intimacy in Kuala Lumpur — these are just some of the films being screened at the Asian Film Archive under their latest programme, The (In)hospitable World.
Join AFA’s Kay Wee in conversation with their guest curator Kiu-wai Chu on the modern impact of climate fiction — from mainstream titles like The Day After Tomorrow and Snowpiercer to the deluge of documentary and arthouse fare — and putting together the programme.
