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Fila Mai Orain – Come Back To Your Country

jen — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:49:46 +0000

A unique glimpse of a young teenager (Armindo), telling his story in song – accompanying himself on a beautiful little home made ukelele. Recorded by the documentary-maker 7 months after the Suai Church Massacre on the verandah of a house rehabilitated for the use of Timor Aid.

The Innocent Ones

jen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:28:37 +0000

The story of the Massacre in song on the stage of the Suai Church on the First Anniversary of the Suai Church Massacre, 6th September, 2000. Performed before the assembled crowd of friends and relatives gathered with the international community in remembrance of Black September 1999.

Timorese animator in Canada muxes Timorese music played in Melbourne

jen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:14:51 +0000

For those of you who don’t know how talented the youth of Suai are look at this.
For those of you who are cynical about the benefits of YouTube to the world – look at this.
Late last year I uploaded some Timorese youth playing Foin Sae Timor Oan at the Boite Cafe on to YouTube. Not long afterwards a Timorese young person who works under the pseudonym of MusisRamelau and works in Canada, muxed it by taking the music and putting it to his own animation.

In May Musis Ramelau put an animation together to music by Sincustic which is Ego Lemos’s band. Ego is well known to the Australian community. Ego is living and studying English and Agriculture in Melbourne but he entertains Australians everywhere as he is invited to present his music in a range of festivals. The most recent of which I think was the Darwin Festival. Last I heard he was cutting a CD. So we look forward to hearing that soon.

YayH Go Musis Ramelau we love you.!

Hangover (7 mins)

jen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:59:19 +0000

Interview with popular East Timorese Band leader Melli about the power of music to move the enemy and other relevant stuff.

The Art of Healing (7mins)

jen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:37:39 +0000

The Art of Healing was screened at a fundraiser for Arte Moris & Bibi Bulak in St Kilda’s Theatreworks in mid 2006 so they could continue to work with people despite the fact they were in refugee camps.

Cut to the music of Bibi Bulak (Silly Goat) Theatre Co. The Art of Healing is an upbeat ride through the self expression of some Timorese youth from art on their bedroom walls to street art and graffiti, this little video paints a very different picture of Timorese youth to that shown in Australian mainstream media.