Jason Soo Trailers

Al Awda Trailer1987: Untracing The Conspiracy TrailerA Short Film on the May 13 Generation Trailer

Jason Soo is an artist and recipient of the Jacques Derrida Exhibition and Prize (Melbourne, 1999). As filmmaker, his first narrative work (A Short Film on The May 13 Generation) is based on historical events in 1954 Singapore, when 800 students took over Chinese High School in order to support classmates affected by military conscription. His next work (1987: Untracing the Conspiracy) examines the arrest, torture, and interrogation of 22 alleged Marxist conspirators by Singapore’s secret police. The documentary was awarded Best Southeast Asian Feature at Freedom Film Festival (Malaysia, 2015) and an expanded version of the film is currently in production.

Most Popular Jason Soo Trailers

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1987: Untracing The Conspiracy Trailer (2015)

19 September 2015

In 1987, the Singapore government, using the Internal Security Act, arrested 22 people in what was called "Operation Spectrum".

A Short Film on the May 13 Generation Trailer (2014)

13 May 2014

This short film was commissioned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of May 13, 1954, in which a peaceful assembly of more than one thousand boys and girls in Singapore was brutally broken up by riot police.

Al Awda Trailer (2024)

07 December 2024

Activists on the boat Al Awda prepare for clashes with the Israeli military as they sail towards Gaza in an attempt to break the blockade.