Department for Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia
Asien-Afrika-InstitutLanguages and Cultures of Southeast Asia
Announcement: 19.10.2023 – Indonesian Film Screening: "Eksil"
5 October 2023, by AAI Webmaster
Photo: Lola Amaria Production, cropped
Winter Term 2023/24 Indonesian Film Screening: "Eksil"
Thursday, 19th October 2023
05:00 p.m. – 07:30 p.m.
Universität Hamburg
room W-221
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügel West ("West Wing")
20146 Hamburg
Open to public!
Join us for a captivating film screening, "Eksil", as we welcome the new Universität Hamburg students in the Winter Semester 2023/2024!
About "Eksil":
- Director: Lola Amaria
- Language: Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles
During the 1965 mass killings and political upheavals to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party, the new government banned hundreds of Indonesian scholars in the Soviet Union and China from their homeland, forcing them to exile across European countries without status.
Shifting between the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Indonesia, this documentary follows those whose lives were uprooted decades ago as they recall the fate-changing events and strive to find the closest way to feel home.
It's a story of life built over trauma, the right to reclaim national identity, and a quest to define home through a collective of heartbreaking memories preserved by a group of cast-out intellectuals.
Information on this film screening can also be found on our flyer.
