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Talk | From Tibet to Indonesia: Rupture and Continuum
Kartika Pratiwi and Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, with Inza Lim
28 November 2020
11:30AM Dharamshala / 1PM Jakarta / 3PM Gwangju
Join : https://zoom.us/j/98730721064 (ZOOM ID : 987 3072 1064)
This conversation brings forth artistic and cinematic strategies dedicated to sites of collective memory, and the persistence of trauma under authoritarian rule and occupation. Kartika Pratiwi will discuss the potential of digital storytelling and alternative educational platforms to create space for witness accounts and survivors’ stories from the mass killings of 1965–66 in Indonesia, which started as an anti-communist purge following a coup d'état attempt in Indonesia. Known for their films emerging from the Tibetan struggle and Himalayan geography, filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam will introduce their long-term project featuring the personal archive of Lhamo Tsering—Sonam’s father who was one of the leaders of the CIA-backed guerrilla resistance against Communist China’s military operation in occupied Tibet. Inza Lim will act as respondent and share reflections from her theatre making and activism around the Gwangju democratization process.
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s Shadow Circus (50') focuses on the CIA’s support and betrayal of the Tibetan freedom fighters in the Cold War epoch. Kartika Pratiwi’s A Daughter's Memory (10') tells the story of Svetlana, a survivor of the Indonesian 1965 Humanitarian Tragedy; she recounts the oppression, the stigma and trauma she fell victim to. The films are available for viewing online between November 27–29.
The filmmakers will be appearing at the online public event titled “From Tibet to Indonesia: Rupture and Continuum” as part of “GB Talks | Rising to the Surface: Practicing Solidarity Futures” on November 28. Please email us at publicprogram@gwangjubiennale.org to receive the viewing link and the password.