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pg3"Most Americans know little about Indonesia. We hope this movie can show them that Indonesia and America havea historical relationship," he said."We also want to see Garuda Indonesia flying to the US again. The US is the second largest country, Indonesia thethird but there is no direct flight between these two countries."Hillis and Darrah visited Indonesia last December to do research. During their stay in Jakarta, they met andinterviewed historian Des Alwi. They also met with a former Army official, who agreed to help with security duringfilming."We will begin filming in April, shoot for 35 days and leave for other shooting places in May," Darrah said. "Weplan to go to Holland to track down the Dutch Indo community there. Perhaps we will return to Indonesia in June forextra shots."Darrah, an experienced documentary filmmaker, said that the documentary would be shot in high definition formatand would be 90 minutes long. He plans to submit it to this year's Jakarta International Film Festival as well as toother international film festivals.They also plan to distribute the movie through PBS, BBC and Discovery Channel."I think the film will help the Dutch Indos to be at peace with their past," Hillis said. "They will be happy to see thefilm. It's going to be a legacy, something they can pass on to their children.Ingezonden door Pim Doop