Moral Panic?

Garin Nugroho attending the function held by APSA prior to the screening of his film Memories of My Beautiful Body at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Sep 2019.

Garin Nugroho attending the function held by APSA prior to the screening of his film Memories of My Beautiful Body at the NIFF 2019. Source: Photo by SPD.

Director Garin Nugroho and writer and activist Hendri Yulius discuss the response by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to the showing of the film Memories of My Beautiful Body in Semarang recently.


Why did the response by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to the showing of the film Memories of My Beautiful Body highlight the lack of critical thinking in some segments of Indonesian society?  Why is this trend in Indonesia of concern in short-term and the long-term?  Garin Nugroho and Hendri Yulius explain.

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