The Banana Manifesto

The Banana Manifesto is an audio/visual manifesto asking about different questions of what we sees on our screen, what that means, and what makes an art. Accompanied by a classical arrangement composed from the text of the manifesto, The Banana Manifesto will open your eyes and make you question about reality.

  • Azalia Muchransyah
    Director
    Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018)
  • Azalia Muchransyah
    Writer
    Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018)
  • Azalia Muchransyah
    Producer
    Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018)
  • Adhi Anugroho
    Producer
    Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018)
  • Adhi Anugroho
    Key Cast
    "Voice"
  • Azalia Muchransyah
    Editor
    Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018)
  • Adhi Anugroho
    Music
    Blue Film (2018)
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Essay, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 7, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 73rd Annual University Film & Video Association (UFVA) Conference 2019
    Minneapolis
    United States
    July 30, 2019
    Academic Conference
    Official Selection
  • DMS MEDIA SHOW 2019
    Buffalo
    United States
    May 13, 2019
    School Screening
    Official Selection
  • Buffalo Infringement Festival 2019
    Buffalo, New York
    United States
    July 27, 2019
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Azalia Muchransyah

Azalia Muchransyah is pursuing a Ph.D. in Media Study at University at Buffalo (SUNY). She is a recipient of 2017 DIKTI-Funded Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship. Her area of interest is advocacy media, specifically AIDS Media in Indonesia. Her short films have been officially selected and screened in international festivals and academic conferences. In 2019, she is chosen as a Social Impact Fellow at University at Buffalo as well as a Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) Diversity Scholar at Ithaca College. She is also a contributor for vcinemashow.com, an online platform for Asian film, media, and culture. To know more about her works, visit https://azalia.myportfolio.com/.

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Director Statement

One day I stumbled into a banana peel while walking around campus and thought, "This is it!" It was the very first time I actually saw a banana peel laying around waiting for someone to walk over it and fall, like in slapstick comedies. Then I took a picture of it and started thinking, "What if someone dropped it in the middle of an art gallery? Would someone mistaken it as part of an installation?" Then I started talking about it with my husband and we just had the whole concept in our mind. Then, we knew it, we just had to make a manifesto about banana!