Pig Feast (Pesta Babi): Colonialism in our time - Talk and screening
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Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
Screening with introduction
11 November 2026
5.30 for a 5.45pm start - 7.30pm
DCA theatre - 2/1 Travers St Coconut Grove
Entry by donation
In multiple languages with English subtitles
Trigger warnings - Some graphic displays of military violence
Final Place of Refuge presents the last film screening for 2026. Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time is an investigative documentary film directed through an intergenerational collaboration between Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale, an anthropologist and researcher on Papuan issues.
“Pig Feast” captures how the Marind, Yei, Awyu, and Muyu Indigenous peoples resist palm biodiesel and sugarcane bioethanol projects intended to fuel vehicles. Interwoven with their stories are the fraught issues of separatism and six decades of Indonesian military operations, closely tied to the occupation of the Land of Papua and the exploitation of its resources.
Combining vivid on-the-ground footage with investigative research, Pig Feast exposes the entanglements between national and multinational bioenergy interests and Indonesian political and developmental projects across three presidential administrations.
The film also traces how networks of politicians, investors, military actors, and church institutions confront—and are confronted by—grassroots social movements and Indigenous communities.
Air conditioned
Public Transport accessible via No. 4 bus
Wheelchair accessible entrance and toilet
Snacks, tea and coffee provided
Screening with introduction
11 November 2026
5.30 for a 5.45pm start - 7.30pm
DCA theatre - 2/1 Travers St Coconut Grove
Entry by donation
In multiple languages with English subtitles
Trigger warnings - Some graphic displays of military violence
Final Place of Refuge presents the last film screening for 2026. Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time is an investigative documentary film directed through an intergenerational collaboration between Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale, an anthropologist and researcher on Papuan issues.
“Pig Feast” captures how the Marind, Yei, Awyu, and Muyu Indigenous peoples resist palm biodiesel and sugarcane bioethanol projects intended to fuel vehicles. Interwoven with their stories are the fraught issues of separatism and six decades of Indonesian military operations, closely tied to the occupation of the Land of Papua and the exploitation of its resources.
Combining vivid on-the-ground footage with investigative research, Pig Feast exposes the entanglements between national and multinational bioenergy interests and Indonesian political and developmental projects across three presidential administrations.
The film also traces how networks of politicians, investors, military actors, and church institutions confront—and are confronted by—grassroots social movements and Indigenous communities.
Air conditioned
Public Transport accessible via No. 4 bus
Wheelchair accessible entrance and toilet
Snacks, tea and coffee provided
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Where is it happening?
2-3, 1 Travers Street, Coconut Grove, NT, Australia, Northern Territory 0810, 1 Travers St, Coconut Grove NT 0810, Australia, Darwin
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Host or PublisherDarwin Community Arts
