✮⋆ Movie: Pesta Babi – Colonialism in Our Time

🎥 Pesta Babi by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale (Indonesia, 2026). An investigative documentary on the rapid deforestation of ancestral lands in South Papua caused by the expansion of large-scale agribusiness. It reveals how slogans such as “food security” and “energy transition” mask colonial exploitation, against which local indigenous communities have already erected hundreds of crosses in protest.

📅 Tuesday July 14th
⏲️ Time: 19h00 – 22h00 (movie length 95 min)
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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