Dr. Jane Vogel Mantiri is a social justice activist, retired child trauma psychologist, and professional actor living in Portland, Oregon. Jane embodies the immigrant success story and the fulfillment of her father’s all-American dream. But Jane’s life has always been colored by her aunt’s brutal murder during the fight for Indonesian Independence after WWII. Her mixed-race Indo parents were forced to flee their motherland, clutching their baby girl. On his death bed, believing Jane was his beloved sister, her father implored her, “Run!”
Now Jane is sharing her family’s story that had been sealed in silence, shame, and assimilation. The same urge to cook nasi kuning and lempers inspired a journey across the Pacific Ocean to reconnect with family and lay flowers on her aunt’s grave. This Indonesian pilgrimage winds through a cousin’s living room in Jakarta, a university classroom in Yogyakarta, and a cemetery in Surabaya which holds the “welcome home” Jane never realized she needed on her way to defining both her family’s legacy and her own.
Filmed in the United States and Indonesia, this feature-length documentary film confronts grief, inspires hope, and is steeped in love.
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See Jane Run: An Indo Story is a deeply personal portrait, the record of a suppressed history, and the story of what it takes to reclaim an erased identity. With your support, we can finish the film and share Jane’s journey, help preserve Indo history & culture, and celebrate Indo pride.
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Producer / Director: Brenda Jean Foley
Co-Producer / Co-Director: Bruce Nelson, NEB Productions
Director of Photography: Barri Chase
Editor: Katrina Palmisano
My life has been a lesson in resilience, generosity, compassion, and love. The greatest of these is love. Love brought me into the world. Love sustained me through the difficult times. Love is the legacy I leave to my family when I exit this world. Love is the beginning, middle, and end of my story.
– Dr. Jane Vogel MantiriIndo * Indische * mixed race * Dutch Indonesian * Eurasian * Asian American * Republic of Indonesia * Netherlands * Dutch East Indies * immigrant * refugee * WWII * World War 2 * Indonesian Revolution * KNIL * Bersiap * Asian diaspora
See Jane Run: An Indo Story 