Atjeh Lon Sayang

"Atjeh Lon Sayang (My Beloved Atjeh)". This 25 minute 2005 film by Syaiful Halim, in Bahasa Indonesia/Acehnese with English subtitles, is about the tsunami of late 2004, which killed roughly 170,000 residents in Aceh, and turned thousands of children into orphans. This film tells a few stories from the disaster; about the life of a victim, about activities in Islamic traditional education center, and about a few local artists offering "ubat-ate" (comforting songs and prayers) to the children. In this touching documentary, an Acehnese child shares his vision of his homeland. (Matahati Production, Indonesia, 2005, matahatipro@yahoo.com)

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Film & Animation

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• Documentary
• Trailer
• Atjeh
• Lon
• Sayang
• Tsunami
• Tragedy
• Disaster
• Matahati
• Production
• Syaiful
• Halim