HISTORY OF INDONESIAN CINEMA (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Explain the relations between political needs to control the cinema and the need to protect freedom of expression; Explain the origin of aesthetics in the Indonesian cinema; Compare and contrast representations of different cultural and political situation in the Indonesian cinema.

Topics:

This class introduces students to development of the Indonesian cinema, from colonial to the political reform era. As any film industries in the third world countries, there are interactions between films, political situations, and the economic conditions. This course explores these interactions, and brings students to understandings of how Indonesian cinema represents the local social and political conditions.

Pre-requisite: Film Literacy