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".
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Cast
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Osman Ali Director
First release November 22, 2000 · Produced in Malaysia
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Malaysia
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Malay
Spoken on screen
Malay
Release dates
Malaysia · November 22, 2000
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France
November 30, 2001 · Nantes Festival of 3 Continents
Singapore
April 14, 2001 · Singapore International Film Festival
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