FEATURED FILM
Rolly: A Story of My Father
A Film About A Father, Seho, Cap Tikus, and Indigenous Knowledge that lives in Wuwuk.
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Selected works
Films
Documentary film
ROLLY: A STORY OF MY FATHER
A portrait of a father, labour, memory, and life around the seho tree.
In development
UNIVERSE IS UNIVERSITY
A feature documentary project developing from Indigenous knowledge and lived experience.
Selected works
Books
NOVEL
JOURNEY TO IMAGINARIUM
A memoir-novel journey from Wuwuk to the Indigenous Imaginarium in California and back to land, family, and an imagination already alive in the village.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
TONTEMBOAN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ↗
Language and story materials developed with KUMA Tawaang.
Collective Works
Spaces built together
Traveling film festival
FESTIVAL FELEM ORANG GUNUNG
A traveling film festival preparing its third edition in 2026.
Music and cultural collective
KAMA — KALELON MAKA’ARUYEN
Music, sound, archives, performance, and the regeneration of Minahasan traditions.
Community collective
KUMA TAWAANG ↗
Collective work in economy, language, publishing, education, and knowledge in Wuwuk.
Writing
Recent writing
Rolly Wuisan: Indigenous Wisdom in Environmental Action
Within global environmental narratives often constructed from a distance, the life of Rolly Wuisan shows that ecological responsibility is carried through daily labour, ancestral knowledge,…
Smartphone Movement: A Manifesto on Modern Technology from the Indigenous Peoples
At night in several Minahasa villages, smartphone screens glow between wooden houses, gardens, small fires, and dark mountain landscapes. Young people sit together editing…
Indigenous Imaginarium: Connecting Indigenous Filmmakers to Hollywood
February 28 – March 7, 2023 | Los Angeles, USA Indigenous Imaginarium, facilitated by If Not Us Then Who (INUTW), is an initiative designed…
Public Engagements
WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS
Talks and cultural forums
PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS
Seminars, cultural forums, webinars, screenings, and public discussions.
About
Indigenous filmmaker, writer, and storyteller from Wuwuk.
I make films, books, and stories rooted in Wuwuk, Minahasa, working across cultural memory, Indigenous knowledge, and collective life.
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