Edition 152: Apr-Jun 2023 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Screen politics

/Leo Plunkett for Gecko Project Mongabay

The production of visual content has exploded in recent years. Increasingly this medium is being used in innovative ways to tell stories and encourage action on political and social issues

A history of film activism

Surrender of communists in Darah dan Do’a (1950) / Film still supplied

Though characterised by autocracy and authoritarianism, political dissent found a place in the cinema of the Sukarno and Suharto eras

Telling human rights stories on film

Nina & The Stolen Children / AJAR

AJAR works with filmmakers, human rights workers, educators and survivors to tell stories on film that aim to raise awareness, bring healing and push for change

Filming female agency in environmental activism

Sukinah, farmer and activist/ Leo Plunkett for Gecko Project Mongabay

Recent documentaries have highlighted the agency of women in tackling the local and global environmental challenges of our time

Visual storytelling for social change

A Daughter's Memory (2020), directed by Kartika Pratiwi won the Best Film prize in the ReelOzInd! Festival in 2021

Jemma Purdey interviews filmmaker Kartika Pratiwi, who represents a generation of Indonesians using the screen to depict their own versions of Indonesia’s past and hopes for its future

Internationalisation as democratisation?

Vengeance is mine, all others pay cash / Netflix

Film festivals, streaming and creative freedom

Maximum impact

The production and strategic planning behind films looking to effect social change in Indonesia is slowly reaching a new level of sophistication

Educating the educators

Participants and facilitators after the third day workshop at UPH / Novi Kurnia

Promoting gender equality and social inclusion in film education will shape the future of Indonesia’s film industry for the better

Internasionalisasi sebagai demokratisasi?

Seperti dendam rindu harus dibayar tuntas (Edwin) seperti yang terlihat di situs web Netflix

Festival film, streaming, dan kebebasan berkreasi

Merekam agen perempuan dalam aktivisme lingkungan

Sukinah di 'Tanah Ibu Kami' / Leo Plunkett Gecko Project Mongabay

Sejumlah film dokumenter terbaru telah menyoroti peran perempuan dalam menghadapi tantangan lingkungan lokal dan global pada masa kini.

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