SEJAUH KUMELANGKAH / HOW FAR I’LL GO

Dua teman masa kecil yang kini beranjak remaja, Andrea dan Salsabila, hidup dengan kebutaannya masing-masing di dua negara yang berbeda: Amerika dan Indonesia. Keduanya berbagi harapan yang sama akan masa depan, ingin mandiri sebagai tuna netra supaya bisa mempersiapkan masa depan yang lebih baik di society yang belum sepenuhnya inklusif dan kerap masih tak ramah terhadap tuna netra seperti mereka.

SEJAUH KUMELANGKAH (HOW FAR I’LL GO) | UCU AGUSTIN | INDONESIA, USA | 2019 | 34 MINUTES
(Dengan Audio Deskripsi)

UCU AGUSTIN
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER

Indonesian female documentary filmmaker, Ucu Agustin self-taught herself filmmaking when her project ‘Dead in Jakarta’ won documentary script development at JIFFEST (Jakarta International Film Festival) 2005. She is a writer, and was a journalist. For more than 10 years, Ucu made dozen documentaries (short and feature length), revealing injustice system in Indonesia that marginalized the weakest member of its society and how they fight for their rights and livelihood, such as “Conspiracy of Silence” (2010), “Fortune for My Children” (2008), and “Behind the Frequency” (2013). Her films have been screened at the Berlinale Film Festival, the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), and many other film festivals worldwide. She is currently based in Washington DC, and Jakarta.