Bukak Api (2000)

Bukak Api was made to heighten HIV/AIDS awareness amongst the sex-worker community in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, portraying the subculture as honestly as possible. The film was a community effort which brought together various agencies, residents, brothel owners, sex-workers, film students and production houses in support of the need for community-friendly information. It is an example of Pink Triangle Malaysia's working approach of community development for HIV/AIDS education, support and care. Bukak Api or "to open fire" is street lingo among sex-workers to mean "to have sex with a client".

Released Nov. 22, 2000 80 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, imdb.homosexual, imdb.unsafe-sex, imdb.transgender, imdb.hiv, imdb.gay, imdb.prostitution, imdb.independent-film

Country: Malaysia
Languages: Malay