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THE CLEARING

Directed by Sabine Groenewegen
Netherlands, Indonesia, 2026
Documentary
  • 8989 minutes

Synopsis

During the colonial “rubber boom” in Sumatra, the sexual indenturement of women workers was an open secret suppressed until today. Found and new footage synthesize with sonic, narrative and visual fabulation in this essay of recognition and resistance.

Synopsis

During the colonial “rubber boom” in Sumatra, the sexual indenturement of women workers was an open secret suppressed until today. Found and new footage synthesize with sonic, narrative and visual fabulation in this essay of recognition and resistance.