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Playing Between Elephants

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Running time: 87 minutes

Introduction

A Film about the People’s Housing Process in Geunteng Timur

There is an Indonesian saying that when the elephants are locked in a fight, the mousedeer would die in the middle. But in this documentary, the mousedeer does not die - instead, it manages to play between them and get what it wants. This film documents a post-tsunami and post-conflict Aceh, where an international body that is assigned to build houses, while an Acehnese village chief leads his people through the ups and downs of the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation process. The film very intimately shows how complicated it is to survive a traumatic event and then experience global intervention. Rebuilding a house in post-tsunami Aceh brings into play the whole world and forces the Acehnese people learn to deal with the friction between the global and local realms.

DVD order information

In addition to being available to view online, DVDs can be ordered from: diella.dachlan@gmail.com (UN-HABITAT, Aceh) or habitat.fukuoka@unhabitat.org.

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Credits

Director
Aryo Danusiri
Executive Producer
Binod Shrestha
Producer
Aryo Danusiri & Bruno Dercon / UN-HABITAT
Cast and Credits
Pak Geuchik Abdurrahman
Original title
Bermain di antara gajah-gajah
Filmed
2007

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