Sound Guardians
DIRECTOR(S):
Leah Varjacques PRODUCER(S):
Rizky Rahad CINEMATOGRAPHER(S):
Leah Varjacques EDITOR(S):
Sam Price-Waldman COMPOSER(S):
Diecky Indrapraja SYNOPSIS:
As Jakarta sinks and sea levels rise, Indonesia is moving its capital to Borneo, on the traditional land of the indigenous Balik people. Abidin, a Balik elder, is documenting his forest’s soundscape with the help of scientists to preserve ancestral knowledge before it’s too late.
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