Indonesia Merdeka!
Documentary from 1976 about the Indonesian struggle for independence. Unique archive footage and interviews with former vice-president Mahammed Hatta (the only existing interview with him on film), journalist/writer Johan Fabricius, the physician dr. Abu Hafina, the nationalist youth leader Roelan Abgulgani, dr. P. J. Koets, at the time political adviser of the Lt. Governor-General, the Indonesian generals Nasution and Simaupang, and the planter couple Marsman.
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Interviews about the run-up to the Indonesian war of independence, with Mohammad Hatta, Abdul Haris Nasution, T.B. Simatupang, and Ruslan Abdulgani, amongst others.
- Ep 1
1.Part 1
01-12-1976121mThe interviewees discuss the nature of Dutch imperialism in the Dutch East Indies, its character as a police state and the lack of political and economic rights for Indonesians. It...
- Ep 2
2.Part 2
01-12-197673mThe story picks up in 1945. After independence is proclaimed by Sukarno and Hatta, the Dutch start to reassert their authority and refuse to recognise the Republik Indonesia. Gover...
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