Tropic Fever (2022)

The semi-autobiographical account of a European plantation manager on Sumatra during Dutch colonial rule becomes a starting point for reflections on the structure of the plantation itself. An essay about local tobacco and rubber cultivation, the construction of skin colour as a social category and the "tropic fever” which rises slowly but inexorably, edited from archive material dating from 1890 to 1930.

• Year: 2022
• Genres: Documentary
• Countries: Indonesia
• Languages: English
• Runtime: 60 min