Watching: I Dream of the Ocean

Overview

Tao litterateur Syaman Rapongan bridges the bond between father and son through the Tatala and his writing, preserving the memory of his people. Spanning seventy years, the film interweaves footage from different eras, evoking the spirit of the language and culture rooted in the sea and the body. Along this journey, Syaman Rapongan learned and borrowed a foreign language to tell the story of his own people.