People of the Forest: Orang Rimba

People of the Forest: Orang Rimba

A film by Isaac Kerlow

DIRECTED BY

Isaac Kerlow

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Kerlow

PRODUCED BY

Isaac Kerlow

CAST

SUKUR, GUNAWAN, and KUDUNG

SYNOPSIS

In the short span of three decades the nomadic People of the Forest, Orang Rimba in their dialect, have watched their ancestral forests vanish. Oil palm plantations have replaced much of the tropical peatland rain forests in Jambi, Indonesia, and the Orang Rimba have nowhere to go.

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People of the Forest: Orang Rimba

DIRECTED BY: Isaac Kerlow

WRITTEN BY: Isaac Kerlow

PRODUCED BY: Isaac Kerlow

CAST: SUKUR, GUNAWAN, and KUDUNG

SYNOPSIS:
In the short span of three decades the nomadic People of the Forest, Orang Rimba in their dialect, have watched their ancestral forests vanish. Oil palm plantations have replaced much of the tropical peatland rain forests in Jambi, Indonesia, and the Orang Rimba have nowhere to go.