{"identifier":"JH-Indonesia_6311365959112","browse_author":"John Hughes (Director), Uzi Mizrahi (Editor (film or video)), John Hughes, Early Works (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video)) and John Hughes (Screenplay by)","subscription_list":["bvl_historyculture"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350899087,"description":"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\u2019s relations with its northern neighbor and its legacy for Australian documentary film culture. Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed \u201cIndonesia Merdeka!\u201d \u2018Freedom for Indonesia\u2019 and an end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies. Internationally renowned Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, in Australia as Film Commissioner for the Netherlands East Indies government in exile, resigned his position in protest against Dutch policy, which sought to re-impose its colonial rule. In collaboration with Indonesian activists, Chinese, Indian and Australian trade unionists, and local artists and filmmakers, Ivens made Indonesia Calling, a film documenting the crucial role of Australian trade union support in the establishment of the new Republic of Indonesia. Ivens\u2019 film was an activist documentary; it actively contributed to the events it depicted. All those who worked on it became \u2018adversely known\u2019 to the security services. Writer / Director: John Hughes Producers: Andrea Foxworthy, John Hughes Editor, Graphics, Design: Uri Mizrahi John Hughes is one of Australia\u2019s most respected documentary (and drama) film directors, his work having won many awards. The films are usually Australian in orientation, examining art, cultural politics and history. The work is often intensely research driven; the films are serious investigations into their material. also they have cinematic creative flair. His credits are numerous, starting in the early \u201870s with short films such as Nowhere Game, through to acclaimed documentaries in the \u201880s such as Film-Work, to the narrative feature What I Have Writtenin the \u201890s, and onto the recent award-winning documentaries The Archive Project (2006) and Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens In Australia (2009). Hughes was honored with Film Australia\u2019s coveted Stanley Hawes Award, for Achievement In Documentary in 2006, and the inaugural Joan Long Award from the Australian and New Zealand Film History Association (2006). Language - English","videoId":6311365959112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_historyculture","title":"Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens In Australia","xml_source":"bvl_historyculture_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"JH-Indonesia","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/f7331767-b7d0-4cf1-b033-55012eb34209/d9b4795a-da38-497b-a108-c4a05930fa8a/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"southeastAsianHistory , Southeast Asian History , documentaryFilm , Documentary film , politicalHistory , Political history , colonialismPostColonialism , Colonialism, Post-colonialism , imperialism , Imperialism , nationalism , Nationalism , power , Power , revolutionsAndCivilUnrest , Revolutions and civil unrest , socialChange , Social change , _19401949 , 1940\u20131949 , made_19401949 , 1940\u20131949 , english , English , indonesia , Indonesia , australia , Australia , origin_netherlands , Netherlands , video , Video , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , history , History , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , asianHistory , Asian history , oceania , Oceania , origin_europe , Europe , politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies , Politics and Political Ideologies , asia , Asia , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , asianStudies , Asian Studies ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2009,"publisher":"John Hughes, Early Works","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"JH-Indonesia","facet":["_19001999","_19401949","asia","asianHistory","asianStudies","australia","colonialismPostColonialism","documentaryFilm","english","filmAndCinema","history","imperialism","indonesia","made_19001999","made_19401949","nationalism","oceania","origin_europe","origin_netherlands","politicalHistory","politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies","power","revolutionsAndCivilUnrest","socialChange","societyAndSocietalIssues","southeastAsianHistory","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"John Hughes~Uzi Mizrahi~John Hughes, Early Works~John Hughes"}