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Films
7 Films
Region
“South-East Asia”
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Country
“Indonesia”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
6
short films
1
films available on demand
2
Region
South-East Asia
7
x
Country
Indonesia
7
x
Keywords
Dance / Theatre / Performance
3
Development projects
2
Environment
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Political Activists
1
Prison
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
2
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Colucci, Erminia
2
Hellwig, Jean
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
2
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Singer, André
1
Series
not set
7
x
Country of production
Australia
1
Indonesia
2
Italy
1
United Kingdom
7
x
United States
1
Year of production
1988
2
1989
1
1996
1
1998
1
2015
1
2021
1
Film list
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
‘
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
The Dancer and the Dance
1988
44
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
This film is an invitation to see Javanese palace dancing as performed in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and to go beyond appearances to discover what the dance means to those who continue the tradition. In
South-East Asia
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Fatmawati’s Wedding: the Weddings of two Sisters, the Preparations
1998
50
‘
Directed by
Fiona Kerlogue
.
This film records the preparations for the wedding of two sisters in eastern Sumatra in December 1996. There is an emphasis on the importance of the role of women in the village. Ritual exchanges
South-East Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Ritual
Material Culture
HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER
2021
98
‘
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
As a nation of 270 million, Indonesia is facing the grave task of caring for millions of people living with mental illness. Many have experienced human rights abuses in their lifetime. In communities
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Sundanese Culture Alive
1988
46
‘
Directed by
Jean Hellwig
.
Jaipongan is a new style of music and dancing which was ‘invented’ about a decade ago on Western Java, Indonesia. Drawing on more classical Javanese music and taking elements from Japanese and
South-East Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
.
The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at
South-East Asia
Infrastructure / Transport
Development projects
Environment