How To Watch The G30S/PKI Betrayal Crackdown Film

Combating the Betrayal of the G30S/PKI

JAKARTA - The film Penumpasan Pengtanganan G30S/PKI directed by Arifin C Noer is often screened closer to September 30 every year. The screenplay of the film was written based on the book National Tragedy of the PKI G 30 S Coup Trial written by military historian Nugroho Notosusanto and investigator Ismail Saleh. Meanwhile, in the lineup, there were Untung Sjamsuri, Amoroso Katamsi, Umar Kayam, Syubah, Ade Irawan, Sofiaa WD. They were big names in their era.

This film was nominated in the Indonesian Film Festival in 1984. Arifin C Noer managed to bring home the Citra Cup as the best screenwriter. In addition, in 1985, still at the Indonesian Film Festival, the film Penumpasan Pengkelektroan G30S/PKI received the Antemas Cup award for the best-selling flagship film category from 1984-1985 which reached an audience of 699,282 people.

Several TV stations play this film in turn. 28 September 2021, Trans TV has broadcast it. Meanwhile, on September 29, 2021, it is the turn of the MNCtv Private Station. Exactly on September 30, 2021, TV One will show a similar film.

This is the fourth year, tvOne will broadcast the film Penumpasan Pengkhargaan G30S/PKI, on Thursday, September 30 at 21.00 WIB. This is the fourth year that tvOne has shown a film that tells the true story of the sadistic murder of 6 generals and 1 officer by the PKI.

"As a television that focuses on news programs, it has become imperative for tvOne to always present films that are closely related to the nation's history. The G30S film has become a routine program that we must broadcast every year," said Reva Deddy Utama, Program Director and Production tvOne when contacted Tuesday, September 28.

Since it was broadcast in 1984, the New Order government imposed every student at all levels, civil servants, local companies to watch this film every September 30th. In addition to being screened on the big screen several times, the film is finally shown on TVRI every September 30 at 10.00 WIB.

Because it is mandatory to watch, including the mobilization of students and government employees to watch, the film G30S/PKI was chosen to be the film that was screened and watched the most. A survey conducted by TEMPO Magazine in 2002 showed that at least 97 percent of the 1,101 students surveyed had watched it and about 87 percent had watched it more than once. The reruns on several TV stations will certainly increase the number of viewers of this film.