{"id":10833,"date":"2026-08-25T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/?p=10833"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:06:55","slug":"roots-film-in-east-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/roots-film-in-east-java\/","title":{"rendered":"ROOTS film in East Java"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROOTS was very well received by audiences in West and Central Java. A series of screenings is now also taking place in East Java:<br \/>\nJember:<br \/>\nSerakit Studio &#8211; 29.08<br \/>\nAksara Museum &#8211; 31.08<br \/>\nBanyuwangi:<br \/>\nCulture and Tourism Office &#8211; 1.09<br \/>\nCulture and Tourism Office &#8211; 2.09<br \/>\nSurabaya<br \/>\nWilwatikta College of the Arts &#8211; 05.09<br \/>\nZumena Art &#8211; 06.09<\/p>\n<p>The film tells a cinematic untold story about Bali, the island&#8217;s rise to become a global tourism paradise and the desperate efforts of its inhabitants to preserve their culture. Ninety-eight years after the painter Walter Spies first visited the island of Bali, his spirit returns to the island. However, Spies also brought tourism and modernity to the island. The film tells a cinematic untold story about Bali, its rise to become a global tourism paradise, and the desperate efforts of its people to preserve their cultural identity amid the furore of globalisation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/998155100\">Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10827\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-356x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-356x500.jpg 356w, https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-570x800.jpg 570w, https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000-1093x1536.jpg 1093w, https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260825-WA0000.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROOTS was very well received by audiences in West and Central Java. A series of screenings is now also taking place in East Java: Jember: Serakit Studio &#8211; 29.08 Aksara Museum &#8211; 31.08 Banyuwangi: Culture and Tourism Office &#8211; 1.09 Culture and Tourism Office &#8211; 2.09 Surabaya Wilwatikta College of the Arts &#8211; 05.09 Zumena [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/roots-film-in-east-java\/\"> Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[110,648,728,776,159],"class_list":["post-10833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays-news","tag-bali","tag-overtourism","tag-postcolonial-narratives","tag-uebertourismus-en","tag-walter-spies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10834,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833\/revisions\/10834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}