For 14 years every September 30, the television of the Republic of Indonesia under President Suharto broadcast G30SPKI rebellion. A semi-documentary drama genre movie about the failure of the Indonesian Communist Party in diving coup.
The movie depicts the communists as criminals and as a savior Suharto Indonesia. The picture represent the official views of the Suharto regime for 32 years.
However, since Indonesia's transition to democracy that began with the fall of Suharto in May 1998-the people of this country have questioned the history of the 1960s. Historians, journalists, filmmakers, activists and even officials have begun to develop an alternative view of the history of the military version.
Revolt movie made in 1984 based on the history told by a military historian and financed by the Suharto regime. The film was widely used as a propaganda tool. According to Arifin Noer-as one of the filmmaker-in movie scenes depicting violent uprising and often exaggerated but reflect the view of history that is taught in school textbooks. After President Suharto stepped down in 1998, the military version of history began to be questioned.
In 2013, the Indonesian people can download The Act of Killing, a film by an American director, Joshua Oppenheimer. The Act of Killing presenting an alternative view of what happened during 1965-1966, a period called the slaughter of the National Commission on Human Rights as human rights violations.
The Act of Killing In addition, there is also a novel titled Round Leila Chudori work that elevates the story of a family who is suspected communists. The novel was made based Leila interview he did for six years on the period after 30 September 1965.
Under former President Suharto, Indonesia led the association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) as an opponent of communism. Along with the leadership of Suharto, the presence of banned communist parties in Southeast Asia.
Ironically after Suharto stepped down, the biggest socialist countries in East Asia to move away from their communist past and adopted the capitalist model for development. Fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 sent a strong message to the Asian countries that have adopted a state-centric model of economic development.
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