Indonesia Calling [SEP] director
Indonesia Calling
Indonesia Calling is a 1946 Australian short documentary film directed by Joris Ivens and produced by the then Waterside Workers' Federation. The film gives a glimpse of immediate post-World War II Sydney as trade union seamen and waterside workers refuse to service Dutch ships (known as the "Black Armada") containing arms and ammunition destined for Indonesia to suppress the country's independence movement.
Ivens filming of the events taking place gradually became a symbol even for those who had not seen the film and had a growing
1940)
- "It Wasn't Luck" (Director and Scriptwriter, 1940)
- "New Pastures" (Director and Scriptwriter, 1940)
- "Indonesia Calling" (Camera for the scene which became the opening sequence, 1945)
- "Jungle Conquest" (Producer, Director and Scriptwriter, 1946)
Selected filmography The Australian National Film Board years.
- "Native Earth" (Producer, Director and Scriptwriter, 1946)
- "The Overlanders" (Second Unit Director and Scriptwriter