Lyrical Vengeance
On crowded dance floors at queer club nights in Tokyo, Yogyakarta and Rotterdam, ravers celebrate the lives and works of Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, Indonesian author Suwarsih Djojopuspito and Dutch-Indonesian author Beb Vuyk. These women challenged patriarchal and nationalist politics from the 1930s to the 1950s, a turbulent period marked by violence, war and decolonization. They wrote openly about sensitive subjects such as women’s labour, sex work and resistance to colonial and patriarchal oppression. Contemporary activists, artists and researchers engage with the authors’ literary legacies through collective reading, and performance. These local actors quote from the writers’ work and, through improvisation, enact how these women might have responded to complex situations. The writers’ artistic practice, activism and feminism resonate with the creative practices of today’s transnational queer community, connecting different ways of creating and claiming space.
Year: 2026
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Vriza Productions, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Director: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Cast: Luna Oliver / Andromeda, Fitriana Puspita Dewi, Kanae Tanikawa, Aquarini Priyatna, Nuraini Juliastuti, Elin McCready
Crew: Wendelien van Oldenborgh (Director), Wendelien van Oldenborgh (Editor), Lonnie van Brummelen (Producer), Leonard Bartolomeus (Co-Producer), Yukiko Iioka (Director of Photography), Angela Rikarastu (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 111 minutes
Release: Nov 13, 2026
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Popularity: 1
Country: Netherlands
Language: 日本語, Bahasa indonesia, Nederlands, , English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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