The Song of Grassroots
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.
Documentary
8.5
1 reviewsRuntime: 107 min.
Budget: N/A
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Release Date: 2020-01-16
Director(s): Yuda Kurniawan
Production: Rekam Docs, Super 8mm Studio, Katahati
Languages: Indonesian
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