Review: Nay, a woman's story
Arts, ReviewWriter and director Djenar Maesa Ayu has established a reputation for her unflinching approach to the problems faced by women in modern Indonesian society. Dr Gaston Soehadi reviews her new film, Nay, which is screening in Melbourne as part of the 2016 Indonesian Film Festival.
Indonesia at Melbourne in 2015
ReviewIndonesia at Melbourne is taking a break until 12 January. In this final post for 2015, we look back at the first six months of the blog, and revisit some of the posts that captured our readers' attention. Thanks for your support, and we look forward to seeing you again in the New Year!
'The Look of Silence' comes to Melbourne
Human Rights, ReviewJoshua Oppenheimer’s breathtaking 2012 documentary, The Act of Killing, focused the world’s attention on the 1965 Indonesian genocide. As Dr Jess Melvin writes, his equally stunning 2014 companion piece, The Look of Silence, demands we do not look away.