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The Black Road: On the Front Line of Aceh's War
DVD
52 min
2005
DS646.15 .A8 B53 2005 DVD
The 2005 tsunami suddenly turned the isolated Indonesian province of Aceh into a household name. Yet the deeper story of the Acehnese and their long struggle for independence remains untold...until now. The Black Road is the painful, harrowing account of a journalist determined to find out the truth and tell the world.
Journalist-turned-filmmaker William Nessen gains the friendship of the top Indonesian general in the province and patrols with his men. Nessen marries a local translator trusted by the military, but working secretly for the independence movement. The security forces kidnap his 'best man,' a human rights activist. Nessen lives for many months with independence guerrilas and finds himself hunted by the military.
Pulled deeper and deeper into the conflict, Nessen increasingly wrestles with the dilemmas of remaining an observer in a place of terrible misdeeds. But there is laughter here too, and the possibility of healing. It's a story about how people endure, struggle and maintain their dignity against the odds.
Narrator: William Nessen.
In English and Bahasa language with English subtitles.
Written, filmed and directed by William Nessen (wanessen@yahoo.com).
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