HISTORY OF INDONESIAN CINEMA (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes :

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Discuss the cultural-social-political importance of certain filmmakers in Indonesian film history, as well as relevant historical milestones from the Dutch colonial era until the post-1998 era; demonstrate archive-led research practice in the context of Indonesian film history; compare  and contrast representations of different cultural and political situations in Indonesian cinema.

Topics :

1. Early Cinema Period in the Dutch Indies;
2. Films in the Dutch Colonial Era;
3. Films in the Japanese Occupation Era;
4. Usmar Ismail and National Cinema;
5. Archive Visit;
6. Indonesian cinema in the 195s;
7. Indonesian cinema and Political Polarization in the 196s;
8. Indonesian Cinema in the Early New Order Era;
9. 198’s: Realist Cinema and Indonesian Auteurs;
10. 198s: Indonesian Exploitation and Cult Cinema;
11. 199s: Garin Nugroho and Sexploitation;
12. Indonesian Cinema in the Early Reformation Era;
13. Final Project Workshop.