The Song of Grassroots

Name: The Song of Grassroots
Director: Yuda Kurniawan
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-01-16T
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Fajar Merah, Gandhi Asta, Yanuar Arifin, Lintang Bumi, Fitri Nganthi Wani

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Fajar Merah (21 years old) is the son of Wiji Thukul – a poets and human rights activist who was ‘made to disappeared’ in 1998 by The Soeharto Regime. Together with ‘Merah Bercerita’, a band established at 2010, and supported by his family, he tries to bring back his father’s poems to life, covers them with music notations and creates a music album. In a dynamic background of 2014 Presidential Election, 16 years after the 1998 tragedy, Fajar and family develops a new hope on one candidate; Joko Widodo, to solve some Human Rights Violation cases, to find Wiji Thukul and other victims.

Actor: Fajar Merah, Gandhi Asta, Yanuar Arifin, Lintang Bumi, Fitri Nganthi Wani, Wahyu Susilo, Todung Mulya Lubis, Kemis Harjosuwito, Sayem Harjosuwito, Asmara Nababan

Director: Yuda Kurniawan

Years: 2020

Country: Indonesia

Quality: HD

Production: Rekam Docs, Super 8mm Studio, Katahati

The Song of Grassroots

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