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Potret Pahit Penyintas 1965 dalam You and I (Historia, 2021)

A bitter portrait of 1965 survivors in You and I (Historia, 2021)

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Historia review (5 May 2021) of Fanny Chotimah's documentary You and I, following two elderly Solo survivors, Kaminah and Sri Kusdalini, former choir members under Pemuda Rakyat held as political prisoners; Kaminah's bond began in Gerwis/Gerwani's women's field. Film review.

Ulasan Historia (5 Mei 2021) atas dokumenter Fanny Chotimah You and I, mengikuti dua penyintas lansia Solo, Kaminah dan Sri Kusdalini, mantan anggota paduan suara Pemuda Rakyat yang ditahan sebagai tapol; ikatan Kaminah bermula di keputrian Gerwis/Gerwani. Ulasan film.

People

KaminahSri KusdaliniFanny ChotimahWirayudha

Organisations

People's YouthIndonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)KawanKawan Media

Places

Surakarta

Topics

art, literature and musicmemory, testimony and justicearrests and detentionGerwani organisation

Tags

reviewfilm

Details

Date
2021
Creator
Wirayudha
Document type
web article (film review and popular history web article (Historia, 'Kultur' section))
Language
Indonesian; Javanese
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Historia.id · source link
Access
Historia (historia.id), https://www.historia.id/article/potret-pahit-penyintas-1965-dalam-you-and-i-dlg4b, open access, published 5 May 2021, retrieved 2026-10-13. Saved as plain text in Nath's Gerwani folder. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Wirayudha, R. (2021, May 5). Potret pahit penyintas 1965 dalam You and I [A bitter portrait of 1965 survivors in You and I]. Historia. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://www.historia.id/article/potret-pahit-penyintas-1965-dalam-you-and-i-dlg4b [author from the file name; not visible in the captured text]
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference/Wirayudha (2021) - Potret Pahit Penyintas 1965 dalam You and I (Historia).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.952) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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