> Since 1 February 2024, for over one month, there has been an extraordinary event in Indonesia’s cultural sphere. Probably for the first time in Indonesia’s cinematic history, a documentary film is having a hit run. For context, Indonesia’s cinemas are dominated by #IndonesianHorror films, slapstick comedy, and #Hollywood blockbusters. There has been no tradition of mainstream cinemas showing documentaries for more than one or two nights...
https://fulcrum.sg/a-cultural-blow-to-an-eroding-political-taboo-viewing-eksil-the-exiles-a-hit-documentary/
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> The books spoke: Indonesia is back from exile. When Bumi Manusia was published, and Joesoef Isak and Hasyim ranchman – and scores of others – defended it from suppression, the new voices that were heard and the new spirits that were stirred brought Indonesia back from Buru Island to confront what had become of it under military rule and as it was turned into nothing more than a market and source of natural resources.
https://maxlaneonline.com/2016/05/20/writing-the-epic-story-of-pramoedya-ananta-toer-and-indonesia/
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