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Hi, here's a few general comments on the prose portion of the article:

Just a thought about the first sentence, but you might explain a bit of the timing with the Dutch control and Indonesian independence in a footnote.

Added. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The first directors in the country, Heuveldorp and G. Kruger, were of European or mixed descent.[5] The first ethnic Chinese director" Slightly repetitive openings of consecutive sentences here.

Reworked — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Heuveldorp and G. Kruger, were of European or mixed descent" Reading this makes me think it's not 100% known which ethnicity they were. Is that right?

Not sure about Heuveldorp. Kruger was reportedly Indo, possibly of German extract based on his name (that German bit is not in sources) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Still others, including Albert Balink and Ismail, were journalists by trade. Together, they directed some 100 films, at times working collaboratively" My thinking after reading this is that they co-directed about 100 films, is that it? If not, perhaps "Between them" instead of "Together"?

Sounds good. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise prose looks good, I made a few small copyedits. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:38, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]