Call Me Madame Maestro
The fate of the exiles and their lives which were full of intimidation and fear after the 1965-1966 tragedy. During the 1965 mass killings and political upheavals to eliminate the Indonesian Communist…
Call Me Madame Maestro
The fate of the exiles and their lives which were full of intimidation and fear after the 1965-1966 tragedy. During the 1965 mass killings and political upheavals to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party, the new government banned hundreds of Indonesian scholars in the Soviet Union and China from their homeland, forcing them to exile across European countries without status. Shifting between the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Indonesia, this documentary follows those whose lives were uprooted decades ago as they recall the fate-changing events and strive to find the closest way to feel home. It's a story of life built over trauma, the right to reclaim national identity, and a quest to define home through a collective of heartbreaking memories preserved by a group of cast-out intellectuals.
Call Me Madame Maestro
Documentary
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The fate of the exiles and their lives which were full of intimidation and fear after the 1965-1966 tragedy. During the 1965 mass killings and political upheavals to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party, the new government banned hundreds of Indonesian scholars in the Soviet Union and China from their homeland, forcing them to exile across European countries without status. Shifting between the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Indonesia, this documentary follows those whose lives were uprooted decades ago as they recall the fate-changing events and strive to find the closest way to feel home.
It's a story of life built over trauma, the right to reclaim national identity, and a quest to define home through a collective of heartbreaking memories preserved by a group of cast-out intellectuals..