Set in Kuala Lumpur’s bustling Petaling Street in 1957, on the eve of Malaya’s independence, Shadow Puppets of Petaling Street follows twelve-year-old Bell, a quiet girl who carries on her late grandfather’s legacy through a treasured set of hand-carved shadow puppets. When the last traditional puppet master, Pak Awang, fears his art will vanish in the modernizing world, Bell steps forward to...
