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.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. Ucu Agustin Top Movies & Young Movies