The Poet of Linge Homeland

A film by Aryo Danusiri

duration: 25 min

format: Betacam SP, Color

subtitle: English

released: 2000

produced by Ford Foundation and SET Foundation

Synopsis

A potrait of Ibrahim Kadir, one of Gayo old "Ceh" (poets), a person who leads and acts as the lead singer of Didong (one of Gayo People Oral Traditions). This oral tradition is a combination of literature, music, and dance. The documentary focus on Ibrahim daily lifes, singing his ballads, dancing, and performing/commenting didong competition in his beautiful Linge Homeland (Gayo Land) in Central Aceh.

Festivals

7th Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) Festival, 2000

1st Taiwan Ethnographic Film festival 2001

Singapore Film festival 2001

St Kilda Film festival 2001

Tampere Film Festival 2002

Margaret Mead Film Festival/Traveling, 2001

Mediawave Film Festival, Hungary, 2002

Visual Culture Festival, Finland, 2002