Description

Brickfields: A Place We Called Home is a community heritage project by Project Future Malaysia, supported by the Malaysian National Commission for UNESCO.

The project brings together photographs, oral histories, creative writing and moving images to explore the people, places and everyday experiences that have shaped Brickfields.

It comprises a book and two short films.

THE BOOK

A collection of photos contributed by residents and former residents of Brickfields, and stories of their experiences there. Alongside these, the book also features short creative pieces by 10 Malaysian writers, dedicated to Brickfields.

THE DOCUMENTARY
An intimate look at the people and communities who have shaped, and been shaped by, Brickfields over the years.

THE VIDEO ESSAY
The Origins and Future of Brickfields traces the neighbourhood’s transformation from an industrial area to a cultural, commercial and transit hub, and asks what happens to a community when the city it helped to build begins to move on.