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View all search resultsTime machine: Looking back at LGBT representation in Indonesian film
Here is The Jakarta Post's top three picks of LGBT-themed films that are still worth watching.
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Uneasy reunion: Ipuy (Donny Damara, left) and Cahaya (Raihaanun Soeriaatmadja) retrace their lost father-daughter relationship as they spend one night in Jakarta in 'Lovely Man' (2011), written and directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja. (Courtesy of Karuna Pictures) (Personal collection/Courtesy of Karuna Pictures)
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ooking back at Indonesian films produced in the past two decades, here is The Jakarta Post's top three picks of LGBT-themed films that are still worth watching.
Film has boldly explored how nonnormative sexual and gender identity is ever present in various aspects of our lives, depicting the still-sensitive subject intimately, violently and romantically. Here is a list of must-watch films that address the facets of sexual and gender diversity in Indonesia that remain relevant today.
Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body, 2019)
Directed & written by Garin Nugroho
Starring Muhammad Khan, Raditya Evandra, Rianto, Sujiwo Tejo
Available to stream on VIU
