SoSe 2023 Indonesisches Film Screening: "Bumi Manusia" (The Earth of Mankind)

11. Mai 2023, 16:30 Uhr, von AAI Webmaster

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SoSe 2023 Indonesisches Film Screening: "Bumi Manusia" (The Earth of Mankind)

Thursday, 11 May 2023
16:30 – 19:30

ESA-O (Asien-Afrika-Institut), R. 221
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
20146 Hamburg

Open to public! – Admission free!

Language: Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles

This is a special 3 hours movie. – Please come on time!

Snacks will be provided!

A collaborative event between
the Austronesian Studies of Universität Hamburg
and the Indonesian Students Association (PPI) in Hamburg!

Asian Movie Pulse:
    " 'Bumi Manusia' is an adaptation of the critically-acclaimed historical novel of the same title by the late Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The narrative is rooted in the history of colonialism from Indonesia. And the love-story dwells in the concepts of being an 'outsider' or 'insider' – based on the historical notes of Dutch-ruling in their country.
    An inter-racial relationship is at the center of the film, which becomes the crux of what the society around them dares to question. A purebred Javanese royal Minke (Iqbaal Ramadhan) gets attracted towards Indo mixed-Dutch girl Annelies Mellema (Mawar Eva de Jongh). Since this relationship didn't fit the cruel customs of the Dutch regime of the time, it was bound to cause controversies. Having a mutual attraction was not enough for them to stay in a healthy communion. There was a pressure of societal expectations. […]
    'Bumi Manusia' addresses the injustice through the eyes of these two lovers […]. It expresses the need for freedom and of an educated mind to address it to the wide population that is unaware of this oppression because of their lenience. It shows a protagonist fuelled by the social differences while also clinging to his romantic desires. A struggling mind such as his is conveniently placed along with his partner, who stands beside him through all the thick and thin."
    (Source: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/03/film-review-bumi-manusia-2019-by-hanung-bramantyo/, 13 April 2023)

More information on this movie can be found on Asian Movie Pulse and IMDb.

For information on the screening, please also see our flyer.