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Summary:

The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and almost universally ignored. This observational ethnographic documentary explores the beliefs and social norms regarding pasung and tells an original story about the social and political activism to free people from this practice and the process that leads to the release of victims of pasung such as Yayah, a young woman who has been chained inside a small room for 17 years. In particular, the film follows the activities that have been initiated by an organization in Cianjur (West Java) that is led and run by people with mental health problems.

Contributors:

Colucci, Erminia, 1976- , director, producer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Psychiatric hospital patients — Restraint — Government policy — Indonesia

Mentally ill — Commitment and detention — Government policy — Indonesia

Human rights workers — Indonesia

Mental illness — Treatment — Indonesia

Psychiatric hospital patients — Restraint

Psychiatric hospital patients

Government policy

Mentally ill — Commitment and detention

Mentally ill.

Human rights workers

Mental illness — Treatment

Mental illness

Indonesia

Genres:

Documentary films

Ethnographic films

Online media

Internet videos

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (64 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1014220637

Other Control Numbers:

3590143 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP3590143/swon