Machismo plays starring role in Malaysian film world

With 'The Boys Club,' director lifts veil on sexual harassment in local moviemaking

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A poster for "The Boys Club," Yihwen Chen's award-winning short documentary about the sexual harassment, bullying and misogyny she faced while making her first feature documentary for a Malaysian media organization. (Courtesy of Yihwen Chen)

MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- Dropping like a powerless dead weight into water, a woman plunges into a liquid abyss. This is how Malaysian film director Yihwen Chen says she felt about making her first feature documentary for a Malaysian media organization. Throughout four years of filming, Chen says, she faced sexual harassment, bullying and misogyny on her own set.

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