A movie depicting how three Malaysians from Perak obtained a tertiary education and the history of a notable local higher education institution is being produced by Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.
The movie, called “The Story of TARCians”, weaves fiction and history together as it follows the tale of three Perakians journeying into the then TAR College.
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The movie, called “The Story of TARCians”, weaves fiction and history together as it follows the tale of three Perakians journeying into the then TAR College.
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00:00 A movie depicting how three Malaysians from Perak obtained a tertiary education and the
00:07 history of a notable local higher education institution is being produced by Tunku Abdul
00:12 Rahman University of Management and Technology.
00:16 The movie, called The Story of Tarsians, weaves fiction and history together as it follows
00:22 the tale of three Perakians journeying into the then-Tar College.
00:27 The 90-minute film, directed by award-winning director Mark Lee Sittek, will also document
00:33 the history of the college and how it developed as one of the first institutions of higher
00:37 learning in the country.
00:39 It will explore the beginning of the establishment of the institution by going in-depth into
00:44 the emotions as well as the challenges and obstacles faced by its founders and stakeholders
00:49 who were involved in its early days.
00:52 Our UMT Alumni Council Chairman and Board of Governors member Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy said
00:58 a lot of old Tarsians, especially graduates of the 1970s and 1980s, had come back to share
01:03 their stories for the movie.
01:05 "So we have a lot of stories to tell, good stories, a lot of success stories, not only
01:15 in the development of education but also the participation of Tarsians in nation-building,
01:24 racial harmony in the campus, and all the hard work from all walks of life from Malaysians."
01:32 At the lensing ceremony to begin principal photography for the film on Monday, Tar-UMT,
01:39 President Professor Dr. Lee Sieway said pre-production for the movie began last July.
01:44 He said they hope to finish filming by the middle of the year, with the movie set to
01:48 premiere at the end of this year.
01:50 "There will be some fictional aspects, but at the same time, historical facts are going
01:56 to be fully maintained and we follow the historical line.
02:01 And we hope that we'll make it very entertaining so that people will like to watch this film.
02:09 So it's entertainment plus historical aspects combined together."
02:15 "Yes."
02:16 "Yes."
02:16 [END]