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SLAVE ISLAND

By Jimmy HENDRICKX, Jeremy KEWUAN

HARALD HOUSE - as PROD / FIN

Documentary - Completed 2024

Activist Jeremy Kewuan faces the invisible power of ideology and faith as he combats traditions of present-day slavery on a remote Indonesian island.

Festivals
& Awards

FEST New Directors new films festival 2020

Pitch Fest, Best Documentary Trailer Award

Movies That Matter 2022

Impact Days ESODOC Award

Movies that Matter - World Premiere 2025

Activist Lens Section

Docville - Belgian Premiere 2025

Official Selection

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Documentary, True Story, Social issues
- Countries
- BELGIUM, ESTONIA, TAIWAN, ITALY, INDONESIA
- Languages
- INDONESIAN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 94 mn
- Director(s)
- Jimmy HENDRICKX, Jeremy KEWUAN
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-F438-0000-C-0000-0000-1
- Producer(s)
- Kristian VAN DER HEYDEN (Harald House), Henry GILLET (Y-House), Leonardo BARILLE (Samarcanda Films), Marianna KAAT (Baltic Film Production), Patrick MAO HUANG (Flash Forward Entertainment)
- Synopsis
- A cinematic documentary that reveals the existence of present-day slave trade on Sumba island in Indonesia. While investigating a case of human trafficking, local activist Jeremy Kewuan meets a Maramba shaman who has strong belief in his ancestral right to slave ownership. Amidst this, an 8-year-old enslaved girl emerges. According to local tradition, the Ata people must serve the Maramba masters for generations and, upon death, be buried with their masters. With the help of a former slave, and through a myriad of confrontations with slave owners, chieftains, and his own beliefs… Jeremy eventually secures freedom for the young slave girl. A small victory for the ongoing fight against human abuse while the Queen of the island still owns hundreds of slaves that await emancipation on the island.
- Beginning of shooting
- Oct 01, 2018
- End of shooting
- Apr 01, 2024