Memories of Ordinary Folks

Director Garin Nugroho and three young colleagues have produced a documentary on the tsunami in Aceh, based on the recollections of ordinary people about an extraordinary event.

January 17, 2006

Serambi A Documentary-filmDirectors: Garin Nugroho, Tonny Trimarsanto, Viva Westi, dan Lianto LusenoProducer: Christine Hakim

Her name is Maisarah Utari and she is 10 years old. Together with other children her age, she spoke of an extraordinary event: God and the tsunami. One of the kids was heard to say that Allah was unfair. The others retorted that he had sinned. But TariMaisarah Utaris name for shortwho tried to explain how the huge wall of

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