I just watched the film Max Havelaar, referenced by Jstar , which is well worth seeing for anyone interested in the history of the Dutch in Indonesia. Came across it quite accidentally and confess to never having heard of it or of Max Havelaar but I gather it is a subject that comes up in the Indonesian school system.
The film is based on a famous novel written in 1860 by Eduard Douwes Dekker. (Wikipedia quotes Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer who argued that by triggering these educational reforms, Max Havelaar was in turn responsible for the nationalist movement that ended Dutch colonialism in Indonesia after 1945, and which was instrumental in the call for decolonization in Africa and elsewhere in the world.")
The film is a high standard production made in 1976 but was not allowed to be shown in Indonesia until 1987. Dutch and Indonesian languages are complemented by English subtitles.
The film is based on a famous novel written in 1860 by Eduard Douwes Dekker. (Wikipedia quotes Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer who argued that by triggering these educational reforms, Max Havelaar was in turn responsible for the nationalist movement that ended Dutch colonialism in Indonesia after 1945, and which was instrumental in the call for decolonization in Africa and elsewhere in the world.")
The film is a high standard production made in 1976 but was not allowed to be shown in Indonesia until 1987. Dutch and Indonesian languages are complemented by English subtitles.
