The Sambal Chronicles
CREATOR
Tami Fujiwiryani
GENRE
Documentary
LAUNCH
17 August 2027
DISTRIBUTOR
(to be confirmed)
The Sambal Chronicles is an 18-episode documentary series that takes viewers across the Indonesian archipelago, with sambal as the glue that holds the nation together. In a country with more than seven hundred languages, people speak a shared language of heat. Sambal is both identity and entertainment.
The series follows cooks, farmers, fishermen, adat elders, and keepers of memory as they reveal how a spoonful of sambal carries the traces of migration, ways of life, ecology, and ritual.
It is a sensory journey across Indonesia: an exploration of the meaning behind every ingredient and a way to experience a complex nation through its simplest condiment.
Themes-
- Family friendly voice over narrative
- Cultural stories, centred around the life of everyday people
- Phillarmonic music scores
- Scenic cinematic film shoots