“Sololady” is about a fifteen-year-old Javanese girl from Solo who comes to Jakarta to sell her herbal medicines. Her herbal recipes, from ancient Chinese, Indian, and Indonesian remedies, are passed on through family lore. The healing power of pharmacopia is enhanced by her cultural image as healer for her patients, showing an Eastern or alternative approach to healing.
Sololady
- Film Maker
- Stenger-Frey, Katherine
- Year
- 1989
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- Format
- 16mm
- Length
- 15
- Genre
- documentary
- Category
- Race + Ethnicity, science/medicine


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