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Engaging South East Asian Film Festivals

by King Catoy | Jan 21, 2019 | Featured

From October to December of 2018, EngageMedia went to five Southeast Asian film festivals to share its learnings on social issue documentaries, impact distribution, digital security and Video for Change.

Maasai Wisdom: Our Living Culture

by Insightshare | Jan 23, 2019

The Maasai communities have adopted a revitalised, multifaceted approach to preserve their culture in the face of several waves of change.

Monetary compensation with no justice in Kashmir

by Kashmir Unheard | Dec 4, 2018

Kashmir Unheard: Video for Change initiative raises wide public support while struggling for justice for Altaf, a victim of unlawful military action in Northern India.

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Indigenous Papuans Are Fleeing To The Nearby Forests

The indigenous population in the Nduga Regency in Papua Province of Indonesia have fled to the nearby forest after the recent report of violence in December 2018. More than two dozen construction workers, who were brought by the Indonesian government to help build a major highway in central Papua, were killed by separatists. Following the incident, the Indonesian army...
Resisting gold mining activity at Mount Tumpang Pitu

In July 2018, EngageMedia had the opportunity to join one of WALHI Jatim's initiatives involving the residents of the coastal village in Banyuwangi, a regency located at the easternmost region of Java. They are protesting the massive mineral exploitation of a gold mine in Mt. Tempting Pitu, which was claimed to be environmentally-friendly, but was discovered to have been using...
Not All Villagers Are Separatist Guerrilla Soldiers

Through this video, Ence Geong Staf of Human Rights Organisation Yayasan Teratai Hati Papua (Lotus Heart Papua Foundation) tells the audience that Traumatised Papuan villagers are hiding from the Indonesian military in the Nduga Regency in Papua Province of Indonesia. The region saw a renewed stretch of violence since December 2018, after the separatist West Papua Liberation Army had killed...
LPKP East Java: Decent Work for Domestic Helpers

This is a visual documentation of activities of the East Java Institute for Community Research and Development (LPKP) in Malang, East Java. In late 2018, LPKP conducted a campaign for the eradication of child domestic helpers and for decent work environment for domestic helpers alike.
Featured Filmmaker: Manu And Thois Discuss Papuan Voices

Thois Wanma and Immanuel (Manu) Hindom are from Papuan Voices (PV), a community of Papuan film makers, that collectively aim to share their stories to the world. Thois and Manu came to Yogyakarta for the Papuan Voices Film Roadshow from 17 to 26 November 2018, where films from Papua were screened in six major cities of Java. Thois is from the...

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20 Feb

Here's one of my favorite videos from @SmallWorldNews last training with @IRIGlobal for #Libya activists and citizen journalists in #Tunis - Ghat Municipality Faces Water Shortages - Citizen Journalism Final Video https://t.co/37xVO3E9Pc

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19 Feb

“If you lose your culture, you lose you identity. Our kids have been moving to towns & losing their #culture & #language. But we are training them in #ParticipatoryVideo. Producing videos, the children are now teaching the adults our culture” - Fatuma Diba, Gabbra woman #kenya

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