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Ratna Sarumpaet

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As a developing country, Indonesia faces challenges stemming from its internal diversity—ranging from ethnic groups, languages, cultures, education, and religion. Many people work in the arts under the guise of pornography, leading many to confuse art with pornography. It is the artists who bear the brunt of this. In this documentary, viewers can learn about the opinions of various segments of the arts community regarding the Pornography Act, as expressed through their intellectual perspectives.

Telanjang?

2006

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Jamila is a prostitute serving a life sentence behind bars. She surrenders herself to the authorities after admitting she killed a high-ranking minister, and refuses to be represented by any lawyer or request a plea to ease her sentence.

Jamila and the President

2009

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Mia is a writer who's very eager to make her own play with her musician father, Raja Abdinegara, until that very dream halts due to her newly found lung cancer, the same disease that once claimed the life of her mother. Mia and Raja, who came from wealth, now have barely enough for their needs, for the cost of her mother's treatment in the past means the musician has lost his muse. When Mia discovers she has only eight months left to live, accompanied by the presence of the Rainbow Girl, her own fictional character that was inspired by her mother, Mia sets herself to be as positive as possible. When Mia attends an independent play, she meets a young actor, David. As their relationship becomes romantic, they seem to resolve their grief.

I Am Hope

2016

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