Cinema Spectatorship

The Other Side of Indonesia: New Order’s Indonesian Exploitation Cinema as Cult Films

Ekky Imanjaya·30 April 2016

Indonesian exploitation films from the 1980s employed subversive and exploitative techniques to struggle against a dominant order. Produced under the New Order Regime, the films positioned their villains and criminals as symbols of the Suharto government.

Focus International

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The Slow Death of Cinema in Aceh

Mifta Sugesty and Windu Jusuf·29 November 2015

Efforts to reopen movie theaters in Aceh have been met with challenges from religious groups and local authorities. Their usual argument: movie theaters are opposed to the spirit of sharia, which stipulates that men and women should not sit side by side. However, what is foreign to Aceh is not movie theaters. It's their absence.

International Wide Angle

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The Slow Death of Cinema in Aceh