Chinese cemeteries are renowned for their big and elaborate graves. People believe the higher the land, the closer the spirit will be to heaven. In East Java lies an infamous Chinese cemetery on Mount Bolo.After sunset Mount Bolo gives a different type of service to the public and transforms into an illegal prostitution area. Nur and Mira are mothers who are hammering and selling stones at the river close by. However, the daily pay from that job alone won’t be enough for their basic expenses. On Mount Bolo, for a fee of 10.000 rupiah (US $1 per session), these women have to serve men seeking sex at night on the hard surface of the Chinese family graves to make ends meet.
This film is part of the anthology 'AT STAKE/PERTARUHAN'.
AT STAKE/PERTARUHAN was officially selected for the Berlin International Film Festival at the Panorama Section in 2009. It was the first Indonesian documentary ever to be selected at the Berlinale. It was also screened at the Jakarta International Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Freedom Film Festival in Malaysia.
A roadshow of AT STAKE/PERTARUHAN was organised in cities such as Bogor, Cirebon, Yogyakarta, Malang, Batam, Lampung, Bengkulu, Bali, Pontianak, Jambi, Aceh, and Makassar. "At Stake" was also the opening film during 2009's Freedom Film Fest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you are a film community or organization who wants to conduct a screening this movie, please contact Sandy Monteiro.
AT STAKE is a brave and eye-opening documentary tackling taboo issues that many women are facing in the world's most populous Islamic country. The film is the result of PROJECT CHANGE!, a master class documentary workshop, in which four projects from five emerging filmmakers were selected and produced in an anthology format. The topics range from female genital mutilation, the conflict over a woman's marital status and her access to reproductive health services, sex workers, female migrant workers, and the difficulties of being a lesbian in Indonesian society.
Indonesia.2008.28 min.Digital.Colour.Stereo
Producer: Nia Dinata
Director: Ucu Agustin
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