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A fascinating historical insight by acclaimed filmmaker John Hughes. From the Earlyworks website...

"Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!” - The end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies and the beginning of the Republic of Indonesia.

Internationally renowned Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, here in Australia as Film Commissioner for the Netherlands East Indies government in exile, resigned his position in protest against Dutch policy, and in collaboration with Indonesian activists, Chinese, Indian and Australian trade unionists, and local artists and filmmakers, made Indonesia Calling a film documenting the crucial role of Australian trade union support in the establishment of the new Indonesian Republic.

Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia recalls the birth of Indonesia, and the impact of a small film, made at a moment of crisis, on Australia's relations with its northern neighbor and it’s legacy for Australian documentary film culture."

• Broadcast on the ABC (2009)

• Melbourne International Film Festival (2009)

• Brisbane International Film Festival (2009)

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