Women of Sumba Land
201931 minPG
Synopsis
For the people of Sumba, women have an exchange rate, which is known as belis, in the form of horses, cows, buffalos, and pigs with high price. Women in Sumba are also known to have cloth-weaving as their habit. This movie braids tradition, values, and hopes from the women in Sumba in the whirlpool of modernity, where tradition and culture seemed challenged to be modified.
Credits
Director
Lasja F. Susatyo
Lasja F. Susatyo adalah seorang sutradara film yang lahir pada 10 Oktober 1970. Ia menempuh pendidikan sarjana (1989-1994) di jurusan Sastra Inggris Universitas Indonesia dan lanjut mendalami Film dan Komunikasi saat magister (1995-1997) di program Liberal Studies, Towson University, Amerika Serikat. Di tengah beragam aktivitasnya dalam dunia film, Lasja F. Susatyo juga pernah menjadi dosen di Universitas Paramadina (2009-2011) dan menjadi ketua umum pertama Asosiasi Sutradara Film Indonesia/IFDC (2013-2018), Ketua Hari Film Nasional (2016) dan Anggota Komite Program FFI (2018-2020).