If the group is having trouble generating ideas, these suggestions can help get things started:

Reread Dian’s poem dedicated to the victims of the Lapindo mudflow:

Where is your voice?

Deserted,

silent,

lifeless,

quiet.

I see an old woman with tears in her eyes.

Without a word,

she seeks justice for herself.

She shouts out,

“Where are the voices of resistance

that I once heard?”

Don’t be silenced.

Let your voices be heard.

Wake us from this endless nightmare.

Don’t give up now...

for the sake of your children.

With determination we can overcome this struggle.

Damn Lapindo!

For destroying our villages.

Then write and share your own poems honoring victims of injustice.

Compare/contrast this film with movies about other eco-disasters (e.g., the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown or the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Follow-up with a book group to read and discuss H. M. Maksum Zuber’s Titanic Made by Lapindo, a memoir by a mudflow survivor. Compare/contrast to memoirs of other corporate environmental disasters (e.g., the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico or the Union Carbide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India).

Get involved with efforts in your region to hold companies responsible for environmental damage they cause.

Investigate ongoing environmental conflicts in Indonesia, including the role played by U.S. corporations and/or the U.S. government. Research and publicize calls to action from the Indonesians most directly affected by the conflicts. Where appropriate, contact your political representatives and/or corporate executives to suggest ways to support those calls to action.