Film Screening | Wallacea Week 2019

In partnership with Makassar’s creative hub Rumata Artspace and Bioskop Keliling by the Ministry of Education and Culture, screening four documentary films depicting environmental and cultural issues, followed by a discussion.

FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2019
18.30-20.00 AT FORT ROTTERDAM, MAKASSAR

"Hunters of the South Seas: The Whale Hunters of Lamalera"
Will Millard | 2014 | 59 mins

Writer Will Millard heads to the Indonesian village of Lamalera, the Coral Triangle's most notorious community, which has survived for centuries by hunting whales. Does such a practice have a place in the modern world?

SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2019
18.00-20.00 AT RUMATA ARTSPACE, MAKASSAR

"Hunters of the South Seas: The Bajau"
Will Millard | 2014 | 59 mins

In this episode, Will Millard focuses on the lives of the formerly nomadic Bajau spear fishermen of Indonesia, who are now settling in stilted villages out at sea, and how their way of life is changing radically. How do people who have wandered the ocean adjust to life in a fixed place?

SUNDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2019
RUMATA ARTSPACE, MAKASSAR

"Jungle Hero – Alfred Russel Wallace"
Bill Bailey | 2013 | 59 mins

Comedian Bill Bailey heads to the jungles of Indonesia in the footsteps of his hero, Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, to understand how he came up with the theory of evolution independently of Darwin.

THURSDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2019
16.00-18.00 AT BIKIN-BIKIN CREATIVE HUB – NIPAH MALL, MAKASSAR

"The Woven Path: Perempuan Tana Humba"
Lasja F. Susatyo | 2019 | 41 mins

This movie tells the story about women from Sumba (East) tradition today, especially in connection from belis (dowry) and the marriage which is usually considered as a burden. Changes and development are inevitable. However, development needs to be done wisely since it correlates and affects other ways of life. This movie wants to share about women of Sumba and tells it through poems of women, mothers, and mother earth.

Open for public and free of charge