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:''This is an Indonesian name which does not have a family name. The subject should be referred to as Ucu'' Ucu Agustin (born 19 August 1976 in Sukabumi, Indonesia) is an Indonesian journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Educated in an Islamic boarding school, Ucu became interested in journalism after realising that there were many prostitutes from her hometown. Beginning in the print media, she moved to making documentaries after she saw a lack of opportunities for human interest pieces in newspapers. One of her first documentaries, ''Death in Jakarta'', was produced with the help of funds from the Jakarta International Film Festival. Other documentaries include ''Ragat'e Anak'' and ''Konspirasi Hening''. She has also written several children's books and short stories. Ucu has been described as "one of Indonesia's top documentary filmmakers" and often deals with social issues in her work. ''Ragat'e Anak'' was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009. ==Early life, education and early career== Ucu was born in Sukabumi, West Java, on 19 August 1976 to a strict Muslim family. As a child, she studied in the Darunnajah Islamic boarding school in Jakarta for six years; removed from the outside world, she felt shocked when she learned that many of the women in her hometown worked as prostitutes. This discovery led her to become more critical of the world around her and made her interested in journalism. Ucu later attended the Jakarta Islamic State University. After graduation, Ucu began working with print media, contributing to ''Pantau'' magazine after publishing several short stories and articles elsewhere. Dissatisfied with the lack of opportunities for writing pieces dealing with social issues she later switched to audio-visual media; she has also cited the intense amount of editing that her works went through as a reason for the change, noting that there "always seemed to be a wide space between the reality that happened and the 'reality' that was reported". Ucu also became active in writing. She published five Islamic-themed children's books in 2003, insisting on receiving royalties rather than the standard flat rate. She has also written a short story, entitled "Lelaki yang Menetas di Tubuhku" ("The Man That Hatched Inside My Body"), for inclusion in the lesbian-themed short story collection ''フランス語:Un Soir du Paris'' (''An Evening in Paris''). The book also included stories by Clara Ng, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, and Agus Noor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ucu Agustin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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