Admire Kartini, 5 Films By Hanung Bramantyo Raise The Theme Of The Emancipation Of Women

Hanung Bramantyo (Photo: Savic Rabos, DI: Raga / VOI)

JAKARTA - Hanung Bramantyo has consistently raised the theme of gender equality for decades, Hanung believes that films can change the mindset of society. The owner of this film kitchen never hesitated to admit that he was a member of Kartini.

Through the film, Hanung wanted to extend Kartini's struggle in realizing gender awareness. He believes that films can have a big impact on changing people's mindsets.

"I believe 100% films can change society. I remember that in the 1990s there was a Ghost film, starring Demi Moore, that could influence millions of women to dare to cut their hair short. Even though at that time, the female beauty icon was marked by long hair, Demi Moore was able to do it. change that, "he explained during an exclusive chat with VOI Editorial, Monday, March 21.

Gender equality, according to Hanung, means that women and men have the same position. Not only Kartini, Hanung also admired the Prophet Muhammad's wife, Siti Khadijah as a supporter of the prophet's da'wah.

"In fact, women should be higher in rank than men. That is stated in the attitude of the Prophet Muhammad, especially his wife, Siti Khadijah who is very rich, very powerful, that is truly praised by Rosullullah. Even to the point of putting heaven under the feet of mothers, mothers are women. Then there is a hadith that says who should be respected, your mother, your mother, your new mother, your father. This means that the mother has a degree three times higher than men. Gender equality for me is not just equal, women should be higher, "he explained. .

As a form of respect for Kartini, Hanung made many films with the theme of gender equality. Here are 5 films by Hanung Bramantyo with the theme of Gender equality.

1. Woman wearing a turban

The film Perempuan Berkalung Turban was a controversy, because it was considered to be cornering a religion. The film, directed by Hanung Bramantyo, is based on a novel of the same name by Abidah El Khalieqy.

Similar to Kartini's story, this film centers on Anissa (Revalina S. Temat), a kiai daughter with a modern mind who rejects the conservative tradition where a woman must always be under a man.

2. Verses of Love

Hanung said that when he chose to make Ayat-Ayat Cinta the theme was very close to him as a man who was proud of his family. The theme of the unbalanced love relationship between men and women.

"How do they get married then polygamy and all kinds, that is a situation that is close to me, I was born from a very patrilineal family in a Javanese environment, the first child, male, Islamic, and has younger sisters. So by my family. "I have been set up to become a man who leads. Moreover, in Islam, the understanding is given to men as imams. Men, unfortunately, are interpreted by female leaders as objects," he explained some time ago.

3. Singles

So far, leaders have always been synonymous with great power, dominating, the patron of the king who has power. Hanung had been at that point.

"At that time I made women an object, satisfying my existence, a guy if he didn't have a girlfriend would feel humiliated. Singles films show men need women to be used as objects to strengthen their identity. The more men have girlfriends, the more legitimate that men are handsome, "he recalled.

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4. Heaven that is not Missed

"Film is my catalyst, the result of my reflections, I put it in the film Ayat-Ayat Cinta, Heaven that is not missed, until the climax is Kartini's film. Kartini is my admiration for female figures, so actually my election for gender equality was not necessarily a demand. trends or world curators, no. It's a process that comes through my inner struggles, "he stressed.

5. Kartini

As the title implies, Kartini's film is the culmination of the admiration for the Hero of Gender Equality, Kartini. Kartini's struggle, continued Hanung, was different from the struggles of other heroines. Cut Nyak Dien, for example, can immediately take up arms. But Kartini's struggle was focused on her efforts to boost the culture that kept her from being confined.

Hanung Bramantyo believes Kartini's thinking is still appropriate if it is applied at this time. "Kartini's thinking is still relevant today. Kartini is limited because of her culture as aristocrats who must marry royalty. Parents if they have a daughter, until now, like to think who this child will marry. In the past, culture was used to limit women's activities, now religion is used. to limit women's activities, "said Hanung Bramantyo.

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