Name: Wet Earth and Warm People
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 7.2

Interesting look back in time at Indonesia

This documentary, available to stream for free on the National Film Board website, is an interesting glimpse at what Indonesia looked like in the early 1970s. The viewer sees Jakarta as it is in the midst of a transition from a becak-(pedicab) based transportation to the the traffic-choked metropolis it has become. The documentary displays some village life, river commerce, and development progress as the government tries to turn the muddy land into a functional, paved country. The documentary also visits two cultural performances. Family planning is discussed multiple times, though it seems to have had little effect, as the population has grown to 250M at the time of this review. Not a groundbreaking documentary in terms of style or content, but all in all, a nice glimpse into a bygone era.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

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Offers candid glimpses of Indonesia and its people. Filming in and around the capital of Jakarta, the cameras follow where chance leads, capturing the flavour of life in this fertile crescent of tropical islands.

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