I am close to the gay community

Joko Anwar is making shock waves. Two years ago, Joko, along with his director and producer Nia Dinata, wrote the script of a film which was later to open wide the Indonesian public eye: that gays and lesbians are normal, not abnormal human beings. The film Arisan (an event where people gather to socialize and take turns winning a pot of money-Ed.), a previous production of the Nia-Joko duet, was selected as the best film at the 2004 Indonesian

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