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- The last indigenous people of the archipelagos of Sumatra: a culture on the verge of extinction - with the latest geopolitical developments, the destruction of their habitat reaches the point of no return. Smashing the hopes of thirty years of democratization in Indonesia, Jakarta in relapse to authoritarian rule is enforcing deforestation in Mentawai. In collaboration with investigative journalist Febrianti and indigenous foundations, our film portrays indigenous culture, history and resistance up to the most recent developments in geopolitical of Indonesia's growing environmental degradation. The cinematic and compassionate camera conveys an intimate and sensual experience of the indigenous life on Mentawai with its beauty and vulnerability. Three shamans are the main characters in the film, hunter-gatherers in a culture predating even traditions of weaving or pottery, archaic traditions with their own complexity. The film portrays daily life of the indigenous tribe, their spiritual cosmos and their commitment to preserving their own culture and natural habitat. Logging companies threaten the fragile eco-system of the islands. Rare historic footage and archive materials tell the story of decades of oppression of the indigenous culture - but also of the resilience of our main characters and the last tribes living in the jungle. The main character, Father Laulau had been a leader in this struggle for decades, meeting the governor on Sumatra in a key point of history. The latter part of the film explores the geopolitical context and shows a new generation joining our main characters in the fight for the preservation of both their environment and culture - as part of a larger movement in Indonesia. The project is supported by renowned researchers, activists and the Indigenous Foundation. The film is one of a planned series of films celebrating the diversity and richness of the Indonesian indigenous culture.
- 50 years later, Adriano Zecca returns with his whole family to revisit the Mentawai people in Siberut Island, Indonesia: a journey of discovery, through time and memory, but also a precious ethnographic testimony of a fading world.
- Young Australian man travels to the remote, tropical islands of Mentawai to learn a more sustainable way of life, but what he discovers keeps him there for over seven years.
- A rare nexus of optimal swell, marquee surfers and skilled, dedicated surf cinematographers created a vast library of surfing's greatest moments over the last three decades.
- Big wave radical kayak surfing in Indonesia, first whitewater descent of the punishing Sutlej in the Indian Himalaya, and gut-wrenching white water runs on the Slave River in the raw wilderness of northern Canada.
- JOB catches some barrels after a long journey to Mentawai, Indonesia. Later, he pulls out an old finless board he once found under his parents' house and embraces the challenge of finless surfing for the first time in eight years.
- Mentawai - a magic word and the best kept secret of a conspired community of surf surfers until a few years ago. This refers to a palm paradise on the coasts of the four Mentawai islands off West Sumatra. Until a few years ago, Hawaii or the West Australian coast were considered the "Mecca" of surfing, but today the four small Sumatra islands are considered the "high C" of surfing. On Siberut, the largest of the four Mentawai islands, lives the people of the Sakkudai, rule forest inhabitants. They are animists, believers in nature, whose shamans still ascribe their own soul to every piece of nature - whether plant or animal. Monkeys even have the reputation to accompany the souls of their ancestors to the afterlife. Since the island was "discovered" a few years ago by some surf freaks, this last enclave of a paradise on earth is about to strand in the glossy brochures of international tourism multinationals. GO EAST accompanies some surfers on a breathtaking journey through the island world off West Sumatra and illuminates their "balancing act" between gentle adventure tourism and the knowledge that this could be the beginning of the end of one of the last paradises.