The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives.
Unfortunately the movie The Poet is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Sound | Hartanto | Sound Supervisor |
| Camera | Shamir | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mariza Hamid | Co-Producer |
| Production | Garin Nugroho | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Arturo G. P. | Supervising Editor |
| Art | Roesdianto | Property Master |
| Editing | Rahmat Yepe | Editor |
| Production | Hartawan Triguna | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Asep Kusdinar | Co-Director |
| Production | Icang S. Tisnamiharja | Producer |
| Art | Ujang Supriatna | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Tony Prabowo | Music Director |
| Sound | Yuni Kusnadi | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Paul Kadarisman | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Soedaryo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Soedaryo | Wardrobe Master |
| Writing | Nana Mulyana | Writer |
| Directing | Garin Nugroho | Director |
| Writing | Garin Nugroho | Writer |
| Production | Garin Nugroho | Producer |
| Camera | Winaldha E. Melalatoa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Roedjito | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Tonny Trimarsanto | Art Direction |
