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#36 Yasmin Ahmad - Earth Hour Malaysia

Imagine a major part of Kuala Lumpur turning its lights out almost simultaneously for one hour. On Saturday, March 28 2009, Malaysia will be taking part in a global movement to stand united with 1000 cities for Earth Hour by switching off non-essential lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm (local time). Launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is aimed at promoting awareness to fight against climate change. We do our little bit by turning off our lights and speaking with Earth Hour Malaysia ambassador Yasmin Ahmad about the series of events planned leading up to March 28, as well as finding out what she will be doing for that one hour of darkness. Yasmin Ahmad is a filmmaker and Creative Director of Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her film Muallaf will be re-released in Singapore by popular demand on March 5. Her latest film, Talentime, is scheduled to hit Malaysian cinemas on March 26.

Host
Fahmi Fadzil
Creative Producer
Mark Teh
Camera & Lighting
Akashdeep Singh,
Aaron Chung, Fikri Fadzil
Editing
Akashdeep Singh
Motion Graphics
Zalee (Kino-i)
Web
Adam William
Sound
Hardesh Singh
'Unwelcome Words'
presented by
Elaine Pedley,
text courtesy of
Amir Muhammad

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Synopsis

Imagine a major part of Kuala Lumpur turning its lights out almost simultaneously for one hour. On Saturday, March 28 2009, Malaysia will be taking part in a global movement to stand united with 1000 cities for Earth Hour by switching off non-essential lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm (local time).

Launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is aimed at promoting awareness to fight against climate change. We do our little bit by turning off our lights and speaking with Earth Hour Malaysia ambassador Yasmin Ahmad about the series of events planned leading up to March 28, as well as finding out what she will be doing for that one hour of darkness.


Yasmin Ahmad is a filmmaker and Creative Director of Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her film Muallaf will be re-released in Singapore by popular demand on March 5. Her latest film, Talentime, is scheduled to hit Malaysian cinemas on March 26.

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