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In addition to the launching of Indonesian Pluralities’ third film, Unfinished Indonesia, this month we released two short films to accompany high school students’ at-home study during the pandemic. As our first three film documentaries are in the process of going international, there will be an international, online screening and discussion of Unfinished Indonesia Monday next week.
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 Berbeda-beda Tetapi Tetap Makan (“We are different, we eat differently”) is the first of the Indonesian Pluralities’ studying-at-home edition. This 12-minute film explores the history of how white rice has become the principal national staple in Indonesia and its alternatives for Indonesia to be more food-sovereign. A reading companion for this film is available.
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 Indonesia Sekolahku (“Indonesia is My School”) shows different forms of education among three communities: the Boti people in East Nusa Tenggara, the Samin in Central Java, and the Nurul Haramain boarding school in Lombok. The first two have their own historic reasons to (partially) refuse national system of education, while the students in the last shows how to translate ecological awareness into actions.
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 The first two films of the studying-at-home edition were launched and discussed with more than a hundred high school teachers across Indonesia in an online event organized in collaboration with Yayasan Cahaya Guru. This event was held to commemorate World Teacher’s Day (Oct 5) and World Food Day (Oct 16) and recorded on Youtube.
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 The English version of the Indonesian Pluralities’ third film was launched on Oct 14 in an online screening held in collaboration with Watch Indonesia! e.V Berlin. The 46-minute film chronicles contests over the place of Islam and non-Muslims in Indonesia from the birth of the Republic to today. There will be another discussion on this film on Nov 4.
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 The English version of Indonesian Pluralities’ first film, Atas Nama Percaya (“In the Name of Belief”), premiered on Oct 16, held in an event co-sponsored by the American Institute for Indonesian Studies and Michigan State University Asian Studies Center. Request for the first three films for public screening and discussion will be open soon.
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 In compliance with Gadjah Mada University’s Covid-19-related policies, CRCS-ICRS weekly public discussion Wednesday Forum will be held online for the whole semester. Up to this week, we have had four webinars. Next week’s topic will discuss how to combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim bigotry.
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