Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law

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“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Filmmakers and actors asked the Constitutional Court to review and eventually nullify a law deemed contrary to the spirit of the 1945 Constitution, counterproductive to their right to freedom of expression as well as their creativity as artists.

Film directors Muhammad Rivai "Riri" Riza and Tino Saroengallo, producer Nur Kurniati "Nia Dinata" Aisyah Dewi, singer/actress Annisa Nurul "Shanty" Kusuma Wardhani and film festival organizer Lalu Rois Amriradhiani filed a revised lawsuit against the 1992 Film Law at the Constitutional Court on Monday.

Under the 1992 Law, which is one of the legal hallmarks of Soeharto's New Order regime, films were meant to serve as tools of the nation's culture building, aimed primarily at supporting national development.

To serve this purpose, the law provides for a government censorship board known as the Film Censorship Agency (LSF), the existence of which the plaintiffs are contesting.

"What the LSF does to our films by cutting or banning them altogether is against basic principles of human rights and the people's right to information," Riri told the court.

In their lawsuit, the five highlighted a number of articles in the Film Law they considered counter to the 1945 Constitution and other legal frameworks, including the 2002 Copyright Law.

"The LSF's censorship over the films renders them unoriginal," Riri said, adding the pressure of censorship had proven detrimental to his creativity and personal development as an artist.

During the proceedings, the five plaintiffs alternately shared their censorship experiences.

Documentary filmmaker, Tino, who is also a lecturer at the Jakarta Art Institute, said the criteria for censorship were vague and often did not correspond with the actual censoring.

"The cutting can be absurd sometimes. They would first claim it was a matter of public order, but then proceeded to cut scenes that weren't remotely related to public order," said Tino, whose documentary of the 1998 Semanggi cloverleaf tragedy suffered the cut.

Nia, who directed the 2007 film Berbagi Suami (Sharing One Husband), said the LSF had cut a scene demonstrating Shanty's full acting potential and character.

The plaintiffs called for reform within the LSF.

"Instead of censoring films, it should just classify them according to the audience's age and let them decide the films they want to watch," Riri said.

The plaintiffs said they would call on several experts to testify, namely former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, author Goenawan Muhammad, academics Effendi Ghazali and Ariel Heryanto, Muslim scholar Siti Musdah Mulia and actress Dian Sastrowardoyo.

The hearing, presided by justices Mukthie Fadjar, Achmad Roestandi and Laica Marzuki, was adjourned indefinitely and will resume with the testimony of experts and witnesses. (amr)