Thetraveljunkie.org – Happy Independence Day to all Indonesian People making this country proud! In 1946, Joris Ivens made the 22-minute film Indonesia Calling in Australia. In the process, he not only created a fertile breeding ground for Australian film culture, but he also ruined his relationship with the Dutch government. The previous year, he had given up his position as film commissioner for the Dutch East Indies, as he could no longer accept the Dutch colonial role. When the Dutch army left Sydney Harbor intending to retake control of their colony, activists from Indonesia, Australia, India and China sought to prevent them.