“Performing Cinema” by Aryo Danusiri
paper presented at ARKIPEL FORUM FESTIVAL 2017, panel “Film Curating as Geopolitical Impetus”
“Performing Cinema” by Aryo Danusiri
paper presented at ARKIPEL FORUM FESTIVAL 2017, panel “Film Curating as Geopolitical Impetus”
International
MONSOON, PRAYERS AND NEW ROUTES: URBAN ISLAM ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN AND BEYOND – Curator: Xin Zhou
Indonesia:
Producer: Elsam (Lembaga Studi dan Advokasi Masyarakat)
Writer/Director : Aryo Danusiri
Music: Thoersi Argeswara
Running Time: 47 mins
Language: Acehnese and Indonesian with English subtitles
The Village Goat Takes the Beating, filmed in Aceh in late 1999, through lengthy interviews with victims or with relatives of deceased victims, and through partial re-enactments, records allegations of human right abuses perpetrated by the Indonesian army in Aceh during the 1990s, particularly in the Tiro subdistrict of Pidie, during the notorious DOM period, when under Suharto Aceh was first made an area of military operations (Daerah Operasi Militer) with the aim of suppressing GAM (Aceh Freedom Movement). The full meaning of the film’s title is contained within the Acehnese saying ‘the mountain goat eats the corn, the village goat takes the beating’, for it is claimed that the killings and torture by the army were frequently perpetrated on the villagers, rather than on GAM members.