Film dokumenter oleh Michael Rubbo tahun 1971 tentang Jakarta dan daerah sekitarnya, menampilkan sisi-sisi kehidupan masyarakat pada era tersebut, diantaranya: penertiban becak oleh Kapolri Hoegeng; pemeriksaan kartu penduduk dan perbaikan kampung (proyek MHT) oleh Gubernur Ali Sadikin; komunitas seniman Sandiwara Miss Tjitjih; kehidupan masyarakat desa Cangkuang, Garut; serta pedagang bambu berakit menyusuri sungai dari Bogor menuju Jakarta.
From National Film Board of Canada Institutional Website
(nfb.ca/film/wet_earth_and_warm_people) :
This documentary by Michael Rubbo offers candid glimpses of Indonesia and its people. Filming in and around the capital of Jakarta, the cameras follow where chance leads, capturing the flavour of life in this fertile crescent of tropical islands. Throughout the film, the focus is on a society caught between the past and the conflicting options for the future - to change or not to change from long-established patterns of life to ones more influenced by western technology.
