
Kantata Takwa
2008 :: Drama, Musical ::
Kantata Takwa, New Order, Iwan Fals, music concert

ProducerSetiawan Djodi, Gotot Prakosa, Eros Djarot
DirectorGotot Prakosa, Eros Djarot
WriterGotot Prakosa, Eros Djarot
CastWS Rendra, Iwan Fals, Setiawan Djodi, Jockie Surjoprajogo, Sawung Jabo, Clara Sinta
Release date Friday, September 26 2008
Picture ratio 1.78:1 (16:9)
Shooting format 35mm
Colour Color
Audio system Stereo
Main language Indonesia
Synopsis
The film is a poetic testimony of Indonesian artists during the repressive era of the New Order Regime of Soeharto. It was an era filled with corruption, collusion, nepotism, and many arrests, kidnappings, and murders of activists who rebelled against the ruling government. Among these activists was W.S. Rendra, a poet who went in and out of jail because his works were considered critical towards the government. Artists and singers Iwan Fals, Sawung Jabo, Jockie Surjoprajogo, and Setiawan Djodi, who often spoke their opinions about the social condition in Indonesia, also faced the possibility of incarceration. Their testimonies of the artists was staged in the form of a great concert, an art performance called "Kantata Takwa".
Note
The making of this film started in August 1990, and was released in September 2008. The film rolls had to be preserved for approximately 18 years due to several difficulties, one of them being the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
Since the beginning of the production process, this film is supported by many Indonesian filmmakers, most of them coming from the Jakarta Arts Institute. Many among them died before this film is finished and released.
This film was recorded with 35mm camera, and it did not get permission to be released during the New Order era. After being finished and released in 2008, the difference between the first version and the latter is just the digital format.
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