The Skinheads of Asia
Executive Producer: Ong Hee Yah
Language: English voice-over and subtitles.
(Separate language tracks available)
Format: HD
Duration: 1 x 52 mins
Location: Indonesia/Germany
Year: October 2007
An astonishing insight into a group of Asians who have deliberately chosen a lifestyle that marginalizes them from mainstream society.
He became a skinhead when he was in his twenties. Today, he is the leader of the skinhead generation in Indonesia. His name is Hadi. Not ashamed or apologetic for his chosen lifestyle, Hadi brings us into his world of tattoos, body piercings and fixed ideologies. Why are young Indonesian men and women joining him? What is their quest in life? The story also takes us to Hanover, Germany, where skinheads originated. How is the German skinhead different from their Asian counterpart?