A young Indigenous woman from Minahasa searches for the meaning of climate change beyond the classroom, encountering Indigenous knowledge, environmental loss, and a struggle for justice.
A Film Rooted in Wuwuk
A Question That Moves Beyond the Classroom
HOMEWORK begins with a school assignment about climate change. Denita “Tata” Ahar carries the question into everyday life and begins listening to knowledge held in families, work, land, memory, and the living relationships of Wuwuk.
About the Film
Searching for the Meaning of Climate Change
Denita “Tata” Ahar begins by asking children, students, farmers, academics, elders, healers, and Indigenous leaders what climate change means.
The search moves beyond fragmented definitions toward land, water, work, memory, and knowledge that continues to live in Wuwuk. Climate change becomes visible not only as an environmental problem, but also as a crisis involving power, relationships, memory, and the human spirit.
Developed collectively from Wuwuk, HOMEWORK follows a young woman learning that Indigenous knowledge has long carried ways of caring for the Earth.
The Film’s Journey
From Question to Knowledge
01
The Assignment
A classroom question becomes the starting point for a search that cannot be completed through a single definition.
02
Listening in Wuwuk
Tata listens across generations and fields of experience, bringing different forms of knowledge into the same conversation.
03
Land, Memory, and Justice
The search connects climate change with environmental loss, unequal power, cultural memory, and the right of Indigenous Peoples to define the future.
Project Information
Film Details
Format
Poetic short documentary
Duration
24 minutes 34 seconds
Year
2026
Status
In post-production
Country
Indonesia
Location
Wuwuk, Minahasa, Indonesia
Director
Kalfein Maikel Wuisan
Protagonist
Denita “Tata” Ahar
Production
Wuwuk Film
Current Stage
Completing the Film
HOMEWORK is currently in post-production. The existing version is a rough cut, and work continues toward a completed film and its distribution preparation.
The project received support from If Not Us Then Who? in 2025. Additional support is needed to complete post-production and prepare the film for audiences.
Support and Collaboration
Help Complete HOMEWORK
The project welcomes conversations with funders, producers, post-production partners, festivals, screening spaces, cultural organisations, and networks working with Indigenous storytelling and climate justice.
Contact Kalfein Maikel Wuisan to discuss support, collaboration, or access to the project dossier.