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Announcement: 21.12.2023 – West Papua/Indonesian Film Screening: "Tonotwiyat" ("Female Forest")
7 December 2023, by AAI Webmaster
Photo: Yulika Anastasia Indrawati, cropped
Wiinter Term 2023/24 West Papua/Indonesian Film Screening: "Tonotwiyat" ("Female Forest")
Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia, Asia Africa Institute, Universität Hamburg,
in co-operation with Westpapua Netzwerk and Stiftung Asienhaus
Thursday, 21.12.2023
Film screening: 6 – 8 p.m.
Universität Hamburg
Asia-Africa-Institute, room O-221
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügel Ost ("East Wing")
20146 Hamburg
Open to public!
Join us to experience the moving story of the women of West Papua, Indonesia, in the extraordinary documentary film "Tonotwiyat" ("Female Forest") at the University of Hamburg in the winter semester 2023/24. With greetings from film director Yulika Anastasia Indrawati.
About "Tonotwiyat":
- Idea and director: Yulika Anastasia Indrawati
- Cast: Women from the villages of Tobati and Enggros
- Language: Indonesian with English subtitles
In Youtefa Bay near Jayapura in West Papua, there is a mangrove forest that can only be entered by women. It is a special place where generations of women have collected shellfish, fish and crabs and swapped stories. But now this sacred forest, this water sanctuary, is under threat from investors, pollution and deforestation.
Information on this film screening can also be found on our Instagram-Account and on our flyer.
