ANATMAN PICTURES PRESENTS
SYNOPSIS
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OVERVIEW
TITLE
Mother of the Sea
RUNNING TIME
15 minutes
GENRE
Documentary, Short Documentary, Observational Documentary,
Social Change, Women’s Rights
KEYWORDS
Woman, Fisherwoman, Double Burden, Gender Inequality
LANGUAGE
Javanese, Indonesian
DIRECTOR
Clarissa Ruth Natan
PRODUCER
Kinanthi Laras
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Anatman Films
PRODUCTION COMPLETION
July 2023
PRODUCTION LOCATION
Demak, Indonesia
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
In almost every media depiction that I saw, fishers are tightly
related to man. A very masculine, rough, and challenging job.
Well, where’s the women's role here?
In most fishers' families, women also play the active role, but since in many
cases women work in preparing and processing stage, they are only seen as helpers and not fishers. Though hard and dangerous the job they had been doing, women in the fishery didn’t receive the credits they deserved.
Seen as “helpers” by the government, recognition and protection
is also a long and winding process for fisherwomen to have.
With this film, I want to shed some light on fisherwomen. I hope this film
can be a collective memory in a form of an audiovisual about their hardships.
TRAILER
FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHY
Clarissa Ruth Natan is the director, co-writer,
and cinematographer of Mother of the Sea
With her technical and artistic dedication in storytelling,
Clarissa has been guiding on-screen and off-screen collaborators throughout many stages of our projects.
Filmography:
• Mother of the Sea, 2023 • Datang Bulan (Come Moon), 2022
Kinanthi Laras is the producer and co-writer of Mother of the Sea
Her love towards moving images drives her to produce ones that are profoundly valuable not only for her, but for everyone involved.
Filmography:
SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS
OFFICIAL SELECTION
YOGYAKARTA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
OFFICIAL SELECTION
19th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL
New Delhi, India
Mother of the Sea is a short documentary about the struggle of Siti Darwati,
a fisherwoman from Demak, Indonesia.
Despite having to put her life on the line to make a living, she and her community had to put a fight just to get a recognition from the government.
COLLABORATORS
SOCIAL MEDIA
PRODUCTION TEAM
ANATMAN FILMS PRESENTS
MOTHER OF THE SEA
DIRECTED BY
Clarissa Ruth Natan
PRODUCED BY
Kinanthi Laras
WRITTEN BY
Clarissa Ruth Natan
Kinanthi Laras
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Mahatma Putra
Tasha May
FEATURING
The Fisherwoman
Siti Darwati
The Husband
Musakori
Fisherwomen Community
Puspita Bahari
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Line Producer
Ferdinand Louise
Director of Photography
Clarissa Ruth Natan
Drone Pilot
Sigit Tri Handaya
Production Assistant
Sigit Tri Handaya
Art Director
Rifai Cahyo
Post Producer
Anggita Panji Nayantaka
Editors
Clarissa Ruth Natan
Fahrizal Mochammad
Abrian Maulana Azmi
Colorist
Fahrizal Mochammad
Sound Engineer
Hari Kurnia
Motion Graphic
Galih Wardani
Managing Producer
Dominique Renee Makalew
Production Accountant
Adisena Danarswara
Subtitles
F.I.K.R.I
Yeremia Kevin
Translations
Dominique Renee Makalew
Tasha May
Social Media Strategists
Kinanthi Laras
Thea Filisa
Community Officers
Yonas Reynald
Ferdinand Louise
Musics
“Fire, Sleeper”
Written by
Kirk Smith, Michael Timothy Graff
Performed by
Dear Gravity, We Dream of Eden
“Distant Horizon”
Written by
Kirk Kienzle Smith
Performed by
We Dream of Eden