Asian-American International Film Festival ‘05

THE SHAPE OF THE MOON

Sunday, July 31 at 2:00pm

GUEST SPEAKER: Representative from Indonesian Consulate

This dramatic Indonesian documentary delivers the deeply moving personal family travail of an elderly Christian matriarch in a predominantly Muslim society. Sharply contrasted is her family life in the slums of Jakarta replete with boisterous anti-government political demonstrations. In sharp contrast is the placid community life of her economically hard-pressed village birthplace in the rural countryside. Family tensions abound as she struggles to keep to the traditions of the Christian faith. Sorely complicating her life is her desire to spend her last days in the peaceful surroundings of her village home. The transition is painfully complicated because it will mean leaving behind her beloved granddaughter whom she has raised from early childhood since the death of her mother.

(Indonesia | 2005 | 92 min. | Indonesian with English subtitles | Dir. Leonard Retel Helmrich; Grand Jury Award for World Documentary - 2005 Sundance Film Festival; Jury Award, 2005 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Joris Ivens Award, 2005 International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam)