Diaspora

The Substation's 2nd Singapore Indie Doc Fest (Independent Documentary Festival for the many uninitiated who had to ask me) is coming your way from 06/03 to 10/03! Yours truly went for 2SIDF's preview today at the espy's library and am already very excited for the main dishes. My favourite of the four was "Colour Wash and Spin", a 30 minute piece by Singapore resident Anna Christin Mallon. Here she discusses the concepts of roots and identity, of what it means to be Singaporea, German, English, Chinese, European, Western, whatev.

Interviewer (the interview is conducted in English): So, if a person speaks Chinese he's Chinese?
Boy (Chinese, Singaporean, about 5): Yes.
I: If he speaks "Indian" he's Indian?
B: (Smiles shyly) Yes.
I: And if he speaks English he's English?
B: (Nods head)