"We have to have citizenship otherwise we can't live".

The caption on the "Eksil" (Exile) documentary screenshot reminded me of Hannah Arendt writing about "Stateless People" and how it seems impossible to guarantee human rights for everyone under the nation-state system...

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A Cultural Blow to an Eroding Political Taboo: Viewing “Eksil” (The Exiles), a Hit Documentary | FULCRUM

A popular documentary about ten exiles has had an extraordinary run in Indonesia, not least because it sings a different tune from the official historical narrative about the Communist Party of Ind…

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> 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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A Cultural Blow to an Eroding Political Taboo: Viewing “Eksil” (The Exiles), a Hit Documentary | FULCRUM

A popular documentary about ten exiles has had an extraordinary run in Indonesia, not least because it sings a different tune from the official historical narrative about the Communist Party of Ind…

FULCRUM
> 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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Writing the epic story of Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Indonesia

I am currently working to finish a book: Indonesia Returns from Exile: The Buru Quartet Story Pramoedya Ananta Toer is the author of four books known outside Indonesia as the “Buru Quartet”. They a…

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