Movie Details
Original Language:English
O for Opium on the Web:Official Website
O for Opium
DirectorHo Tzu Nyen
12 min
Plot
As part of the filmmaker's metaproject The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia, the film takes the letter 'O' to poetically conflate 'Opium' and 'Ocean'. It revisits the opium trade that underpinned British colonial expansion, contending with how opium may be understood, perceived and represented. Found footage and layered voices link Singapore's port history to narcotic economies.
