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Brazil's Women Warriors

* New title added January 2023 *
If Not Us Then Who?  Film 6 of 7 

400,000 women harvest the nuts of the babassu palm, which is used to produce soap, oil, bread, charcoal,and cosmetics, providing them a modest living. When access to the trees was denied, a movement began.

Face to Face Media | 2014 | 8 minutes

Building a Longhouse as a Cultural Center

* New title added January 2023 *

If Not Us Then Who?  Film 2 of 7 
Kynan Tegar, a young Indigenous filmmaker, documents a cultural revival and the consruction of a traditional longhouse for the first time in 50 years.

Face to Face Media | 2021 | 12 minutes

Death of a Nation

John Pilger's horrifying expose of the West's complicity in the twenty-year genocide in East Timor.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 75 minutes

Die Before Blossom

The rising importance of Islamic values in an Indonesian public school is apparent in this portrait of modern schoolgirls Kiki and Dila.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 89 minutes

The Dyak Iban Way of Farming

* New title added January 2023 *

If Not Us Then Who?  Film 3 of 7 
Kynan Tegar, a young Indigenous filmmaker, defends the long-established use of controlled burning in sustainable farming in his Sungai Utik village in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

 

Face to Face Media | 2021 | 13 minutes

Far Off Sounds Ep 10 - Dancers Without A Stage

An outdoor nightclub keeps a traditional Sundanese art­form called Jaipong alive.

Means TV | 2018 | 5 minutes

Far Off Sounds Ep 4 - Kroncong Tugu

A visit with the band Keroncong Tugu

Means TV | 2018 | 6 minutes

For a Few Pennies More

Iodine deficiency causes health problems in Indonesia.

Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 24 minutes

Homecoming: Indigenous youth return to the land

* New title added January 2023 *

If Not Us Then Who?  Film 4 of 7 

Indonesian Indigenous youth, aware of global warming and concerned about the future, return from the cities to their villages with plans for reforestation, organic farming and cultural revival.

Face to Face Media | 2021 | 8 minutes

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

In the deserted hills of an Indonesian island, Marlina, a young widow, is robbed and raped for her cattle. Seeking justice, she goes on a journey for empowerment and redemption. 

Icarus Films | 2017 | 93 minutes