00:00Don't stop!
00:01Fight!
00:02Fight!
00:03Fight!
00:05Outspoken on the streets and online,
00:0715-year-old Zila expresses her concerns
00:10about life in Indonesia and its future.
00:15I'm a type of kid who likes to be an imagination.
00:18After seeing the state,
00:19it's like it's very turning back
00:22to the imagination that I have in my head.
00:24I feel like I have to sound.
00:30The August 2025 demonstrations were a turning point.
00:36As mass protests filled her social media timelines,
00:40Zila decided to speak out.
00:43It started from August,
00:45then also the corruption-corruption that's not clear.
00:48After that, MBG,
00:49the response of their children who are suffering from MBG was like,
00:53I don't know.
01:00Zila's concerns were shaped by a family
01:03that encouraged critical thinking.
01:06We know that Zila has a bigger capacity.
01:09Zila is starting to find the expression.
01:12So we always talk about it in two directions.
01:16Although,
01:17there's a few stories about Zila.
01:19Like, what did you tell us?
01:20Yes, yesterday we said,
01:23you're ready to die?
01:25You're ready to die?
01:25You're ready to die?
01:26You're ready to die?
01:27You're ready to die?
01:30You're ready to die?
01:31In January 2026,
01:33Zila's activism moved beyond the screen.
01:36When she joined Aksi Kamisan,
01:38she even gave speeches in front of activists much older than her.
01:42To be honest,
01:44when I was the first time,
01:45I felt like,
01:46how was it?
01:46How was it?
01:48Because,
01:48at that time,
01:49I was a little kid.
01:51Now,
01:53after that time,
01:53I was like,
01:54I was so excited.
01:56But,
01:56everyone was like,
01:58I was like,
01:58Zila, you're so cute.
01:59So,
02:00yeah,
02:00it's not good.
02:04One person impressed by Zila's courage is Dian Pernomo,
02:08co-author of Kami San,
02:10different people come and go,
02:11but the action remains.
02:31But speaking out can carry risks,
02:34especially for young people Zila's age.
02:36Her family has had to learn how to protect her without silencing her.
02:58For 87% of Gen Z,
03:01social media is an effective tool for advocating important issues.
03:05Yet, freedom of expression online has limits.
03:09In March,
03:112026,
03:12Indonesia's government began restricting access to what it calls high-risk platforms for under-sixteens.
03:30Despite these restrictions,
03:32Zila can still express herself through poetry with the nocturnal community.
03:37Disaat tanya dibalas sapu yang melayang,
03:41atau pernyataan yang membungkam,
03:44seolah terlahir untuk patuh.
03:46Kami korbannya.
03:48Meeting people directly in communities like this,
03:51and using poetry as a form of expression,
03:54helps preserve memories and convey messages to the government.
04:01the movement.
04:03The book and poetry are usually open to people who don't know.
04:09For people who don't know,
04:10there may be a accident that's happening in Indonesia,
04:14about 65,
04:15or about forced sins.
04:17With words that are so wide,
04:19there may be a lot of feelings,
04:19or how a victim is in a way of experiencing a victim,
04:27for Zila's heart to speak and touch the feelings of more people.
