The BAKAR BATU Papuan Voices Launch in Goethe-Institute, Jakarta on October 13, 2012 provided an eye-view of the struggle and inspiration in West Papua, brought to you by Papuan video activists from Jayapura and Merauke.
I do hope there’s an FFF2013, because if the quality of films that will be shown there is half as great as the ones shown in FFF2012, I’m definitely in.
EngageMedia is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the Freedom Film Festival 2012, promoting our work and presenting Papuan Voices.
On behalf of the entire Papuan Voices team, Alexandra Crosby accepted the ‘UTS Creative Media and Social Justice and Human Rights Award’ for outstanding contribution to the advancement of social justice and human rights.
In early September, EngageMedia conducted a film screening of critical videos from South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
When Workers Speak Up or Ketika Buruh Bicara, is the current name of this new initiative which uses video as a tool to promote workers causes in Indonesia.
Congratulations to Nova for Kindle Projects 2012 Makers Muse Award
I spent the beginning of 2012 living in KL, as project manager of Camp Sambel 2. I worked closely with our partner organization KOMAS, and, in particular, with the amazing, reliable, resourceful, and delightful Anne Jacob, the local coordinator of the project. Jakarta Filmmaker Ucu Augustin says: ‘It was the best activist camp I ever went to’.
