The Song of Grassroots

Documentary · 2020

Fajar Merah (21 years old) is the son of Wiji Thukul – a poets and human rights activist who was ‘made to disappeared’ in 1998 by The Soeharto Regime. Together with ‘Merah Bercerita’, a band established at 2010, and supported by his family, he tries to bring back his father’s poems to life, covers them with music notations and creates a music album. In a dynamic background of 2014 Presidential Election, 16 years after the 1998 tragedy, Fajar and family develops a new hope on one candidate; Joko Widodo, to solve some Human Rights Violation cases, to find Wiji Thukul and other victims.

Starring

Fajar Merah, Andhy Pulung, Yuda Kurniawan, Yuda Kurniawan, Wiji Thukul, Jokowi, Yuda Kurniawan, Yuda Kurniawan, Sadzali Noor Ma'ruf

Director

Yuda Kurniawan

Producer

Sadzali Noor Ma'ruf