Lukas' Moment - screening & talk by film director Aryo Danusiri
This ethnographic film by Aryo Danusiri conveys significant issues in the politics of development and identity in West Papua.
Currently a fellow at IIAS, visual anthropologist Aryo Danusiri also has a career as a filmmaker. His documentaries are deeply connected to his academic research and propose new approaches to issues relevant to anthropology today.
This event takes place in the IIAS conference room from 16:00-18:00 p.m. Amsterdam Time (CEST) and will not be streamed or recorded.
All are welcome!
Due to limited seating, registration is required.
About the Film
Lukas' Moment (2005)
Video, Color, Mono. 60 mins.
"Despite the growing importance of this new documentary mode of production in the USA and Europe, it was only in 2004 that an attempt was made to produce an observational documentary in Indonesia, Aryo Danusiri's Lukas' Moment. This delay was undoubtedly due to the repression of genuine, non-propagandistic documentary filmmaking during the New Order. While the production of this documentary of indirect address is itself a significant moment in Indonesian film history; Lukas' Moment is important not only in its innovations in mode of production but in the issues with which it engages, and how the filmmaker positions himself about these issues."
- David Hanan (Melbourne University), Moments in Indonesian Film History. 2021)
Synopsis
This is about a piece of contemporary everyday life in West Papua, one of the conflict areas in Indonesia. Instead of reproducing Papua with stereotyping in chilling and horror images of conflict, the filmmaker is more interested in treating his camera to create an intimate, observational, and emphatic story about Lukas, a young Marind fisherman who is trying hard to finance his education. He starts a small business with the support of a development project. Beginning with a slow and atmospheric rhythm, this film follows Lukas' attempts to sell his catch to the market in the capital city without going through middlemen, which causes difficulties. In the post-Suharto regime that has seen the growth of an emergent independence movement in West Papua, this film chronicles the drama of an indigenous people, the youth whose cultural identity and livelihoods remain marginal to the Indonesian nation-state.
The Speaker & Filmmaker
Currently a Research Fellow at IIAS, visual anthropologist Aryo Danusiri also has a career as a filmmaker. His documentaries are deeply connected to his academic research and propose new approaches to issues relevant to anthropology today.
Registration
All welcome, but registration is required due to limited seating. Please use the registration form on this page.