Arsenal & Atelier

IDN 2022 | 50 Min. | Doku­men­ta­ti­on | Regie: Joo Peter

Das Doku­men­tar­film­pro­jekt von Joo Peter por­trä­tiert die letz­ten Urein­woh­ner auf der Insel Sumatra/Indonesien

The last indi­ge­nous peo­p­le of the archi­pe­la­gos of Suma­tra: cul­tu­re on the ver­ge of extinc­tion – with the latest geo­po­li­ti­cal deve­lo­p­ments, the des­truc­tion of their habi­tat rea­ches the point of no return. The film por­trays indi­ge­nous cul­tu­re, histo­ry, and resis­tance up to the most recent deve­lo­p­ments in geo­po­li­ti­cal of Indonesia’s gro­wing envi­ron­men­tal degra­da­ti­on. The dai­ly life of the indi­ge­nous tri­be, their spi­ri­tu­al cos­mos, and their com­mit­ment to pre­ser­ving their own cul­tu­re and natu­ral habi­tat is seen through rare his­to­ric foo­ta­ge and archi­ve mate­ri­al tel­ling the sto­ry of deca­des of oppres­si­on of the indi­ge­nous cul­tu­re – but also of the resilience.

Trai­ler: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mentawaischule73min