Agama, Film, dan Revolusi Historigrafi Visual Dua Tokoh Otoritas Agama Saat Periode Pendudukan Jepang Hingga Revolusi Nasional dalam Film Soegija(2012) dan Sang Kiai(2013)

Sandy Allifiansyah, Budi Irawanto

2016 | Tesis | Ilmu Komunikasi

Abstract The biopic film genre has become the trend in the Indonesian film industry in the post New Order Era. This trend emerged various interpretation over what had happened in the past. The Visual historiography (historiophoty) has been offered to the audiences by popular biopic films. Without a doubt, film has an ability to send messages about the history itself and how it reflects the future. During The New Order Era the visual historiography about the physical revolution in Indonesia has been used as military exhibition of their heroism for republic. This research examines how the visual historiography (historiophoty) was told in Soegija (2012) and Sang Kiai (2013) which were about two prominence religious leaders in Indonesia. Narrative analysis using syllogims and semiotics approach were used in this research. These methods intent to examine the role of Hasyim Asy‟ari as an islamic religious leader and Soegijapranata as a Catholic church leader during the the physical revolution for Republic of Indonesia. This research showed that the efforts form both religious leaders can‟t be separated from their religious authority which are pesantren and bishopric. This visual historiography (historiophoty) which was embodied through popular actors and actresses were also told about the dynamic in both religious authorities as the consequences of their religious policies during the revolutionary era. Keywords: Biopic, visual historiography, narration, revolution, religious authority

Kata Kunci : Film; Agama