The Song of Grassroots

01/16/2020

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1hr 47min

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Documentary

STORY

Fajar Merah (21 years old) is the son of Wiji Thukul – a poets and human rights activist who was ‘made to disappeared’ in 1998 by The Soeharto Regime. Together with ‘Merah Bercerita’, a band established at 2010, and supported by his family, he tries to bring back his father’s poems to life, covers them with music notations and creates a music album. In a dynamic background of 2014 Presidential Election, 16 years after the 1998 tragedy, Fajar and family develops a new hope on one candidate; Joko Widodo, to solve some Human Rights Violation cases, to find Wiji Thukul and other victims.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Fajar Merah
  • Gandhi Asta
  • Yanuar Arifin
  • Lintang Bumi
  • Fitri Nganthi Wani

    Director

  • Agni Tirta

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Rekam Docs
  • Super 8mm Studio
  • Katahati

    Production Countries

  • Indonesia

LANGUAGES

  • Indonesian

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