"A moving piece of physical and political drama."

-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter

"Nugroho teases striking poetic imagery out of the socially and sexually conscious material and strikes a delicate balance between his trademark aesthetics (...) and his penchant for sharp political commentary."

-- The Hollywood Reporter

"Nugroho teases striking poetic imagery out of the socially and sexually conscious material and strikes a delicate balance between his trademark aesthetics (...) and his penchant for sharp political commentary. (...) At once evoking the gritty realities of agrarian Indonesia while also celebrating the richness of its folk culture, Memories offers a complex picture of the conflicting social and historical traumas concealed within the bodies and minds of marginalized, oppressed social groups in a nominally secular country." 

-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter


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"Dance Film ‘Memories of My Body’ Takes a Battering From Conservatives in Indonesia."

-- Variety

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"Memories Of My Body' attacked by conservative groups in Indonesia."

-- Screen