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Kesaksian Binal-Bugil dari Republik Preman (The Act of Killing)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Testimonies from a republic of thugs (The Act of Killing)

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Tempo package (1 Oct 2012) on The Act of Killing: Ariel Heryanto's review calling it the most important film on Indonesia, and a profile of Anwar Congo (Medan, Pemuda Pancasila) with his wife Salmah and Joshua Oppenheimer's comments. It stresses perpetrators' impunity and ties to officials. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Paket Tempo (1 Okt 2012) tentang The Act of Killing: resensi Ariel Heryanto yang menyebutnya film terpenting tentang Indonesia, dan profil Anwar Congo (Medan, Pemuda Pancasila) bersama istrinya Salmah dan komentar Joshua Oppenheimer. Menekankan impunitas pelaku dan kedekatannya dengan pejabat. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Yang kejam itu bukan PKI.... Yang kejam kita, ha-ha-ha… (tokoh dalam Jagal).”

People

Ariel HeryantoJoshua OppenheimerAnwar CongoSalmahSyamsul ArifinLoren RyterPramoedya Ananta Toer

Organisations

Pemuda PancasilaCommunist Party of IndonesiaLaskar AmperaMedan Post

Places

MedanNorth SumatraPangkalan Brandan

Events

Tempo special edition on 1965

Topics

killings 1965–66art, literature and musicmemory, testimony and justicepropaganda and media

Tags

filmimpunityreview

Details

Date
2012-10-01
Creator
Tempo
Publication
Tempo
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Tempo (tempo.co / Majalah Tempo archive) · source link
Access
subscription (Tempo Digital Premium, Nath’s account); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)/Tempo (2012-10-01) - Kesaksian Binal-Bugil dari Republik Preman [tempo.co 932881].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.954) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)
Summary basis
full text read

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