The Strength of A Woman

As a woman, the world often force me to choose between focusing on my academic career or my impending motherhood. I choose both.

  • 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), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (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), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018)
  • Azalia Muchransyah
    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), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018)
  • Azalia Muchransyah
    Key Cast
    "Azalia Muchransyah"
    Halal (2017), Alone, Together (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), TAMU (2018)
  • Adhi Anugroho
    Music
    Blue Film (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018)
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 6, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    100 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
  • The 6th Edition of the AT&T Film Festival 2019
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 22, 2019
    N/A
    Semi-finalist for Social Good Category
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

I make this short film to show how women are always limited by the society to either choose their family or their academic/professional career, when in reality, we all can do both at the same time, just like men do.