Feature - Length Documentaries
DAYAK : FACING THE GIANTS
The giants of modern colonization have been killing the indigenous community slowly. It's in the form of massive industries that caused devastating environmental destruction and social conflicts. It's also in the form of mega forest fires that suffocate us with toxic smoke haze. But it is not too late. You and I have to act. Now. No matter how big the giants are.
WHEN WOMEN FIGHT Part 2 (22 Years of Kalimantan Forest Fire & Haze)
Thousands orang utan died because of starvation and thousands people were treated in the hospital because of smoke inhalation. When Women Fight part 2 told the stories of YOUTH ACT effort in doing campaign to raise awareness, educate students, visit the villages and form a youth firefighters team. However in the past three years, there have a been a shifting on the issues from health protection to the criminalization of local farmers. A ban in slash-burn farming method has been a new polemic which does not benefit the Dayak communities. Urgent action need to be done now, to protect the forest and keep the ancestors' heritage. This film tells how Youth Act team tries to do campaign in national and international forum by bringing the stories from the ground.
WHEN WOMEN FIGHT
In 2015, worst toxic haze happened in Kalimantan. Thousands people were hospitalized because of the smoke inhalation. A group of volunteers trying to stand up and help their own people. This is a letter video from a young Dayak activist based in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan.
THE KAHAYAN RIVER IN DILEMMA
Kahayan river is one of the main rivers in Kalimantan. Somehow, the pollution in the Kahayan River impacts the local communities in the Damang Batu Sub-district of Central Kalimantan. The pollution has degraded water quality, resulting in fragile livelihoods and increased health problems for Dayak communities in Damang Batu.
HAZE HACKS
In July 2017 Ranu Welum collaborated with UNICEF (project coordinator) and various other organizations to develop haze hacks. This collaboration started when Emmanuela Shinta was involved as the speaker in Global Landscape Forum: Peatlands Matter, a forum which networked Ranu Welum Foundation with organizations like UNICEF, CIFOR and Pulse Lab Jakarta. These meetings created further connections with Kopernik of Jakarta and Big Red Button of Singapore, who also joined in the collaboration. The purpose of this collaboration was to test prototypes and develop new strategies for protecting the population against the health impacts of haze and offer some potential solutions to the local government of Central Kalimantan.
AFTER 13 YEARS
This is a reflecting story of ethnic war between Dayaks (inhabitants) and Madurese (comers) which happened 13 years ago. It started in Sampit, a town in Kota Waringin Timur regency. The war had taken thousands lives of Madurese and Dayak. When the conflict ended, tribe-heads and local government gathered and did ritual of Cleaning Land, then built a monument as a symbol and reminder of peace, called Pillar Bantar Monument. It happened in 2001. However, after 13 years, many important cultural sites are changed to be contemporary. Not so far from Sampit, in Tumbang Manggu Village, there is another story, which reflects a cultural site as a symbol of unity, strength, power and living together in harmony.
RANSEL BUKU, GIVE A CHILD A CHANCE
A wonderful grass roots programme started by Aini Abdul, who took books in a backpack (Ransel Buku) to children in isolated river villages in Kalimantan. Three years later a library and resource centre is set up in Petuk Katimpun village, where Fery, who is originated from that village, becoming the teacher and dedicate himself for children in the villages nearby the sides of the river.