The Mahuzes

Until 2005 there were only seven palm oil companies in Papua. By 2014 there were 21, with twenty more ready to start. On top of this, Jakarta launched the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate, a plan for a million hectares of rice fields to turn Papua into a food and energy store for export.

The Mahuzes, made by Watchdoc for the Ekspedisi Indonesia Biru project, follows the Mahuze clan in Merauke as their forests and land are taken. The filmmakers compare the project to the Dutch colonial forced-cultivation system and ask what happens to the Papuans who live there.

The film is in Indonesian.