GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN A PORTRAIT DOCUMENTARY PERSPECTIVE ^AMERTA NING SINAR^
Ni Kadek Dwiyani, S.S., M.Hum, Nyoman Lia Susanthi, S.S., M.A, I Kadek Puriartha, S.Sn., MSn

Program Study of Film and Television Production, Faculty of Art and Design,
Indonesian Art Institute of Denpasar, Bali, Jalan Nusa Indah Denpasar Phone. 081236015425

Abstract

This study aims at an overview of gender discrimination which impacts the balance of Balinese women^s rights and obligations in the phase of being a wife, daughter-in-law and mother of their children, in a visual perspective with a portrait documentary format. The portrait documentary ^Amerta Ning Sinar^ with a humanist approach provides visualization related to Balinese women and patriarchal culture which raises problems in the marriage phase for Balinese women. It is actually makes their position very unequal compared to the position of their husbands who have a superior level in the patriarchal culture itself. The method used is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach collaborated with the theory of gender discrimination (CIDA: 1997) and Semiotics (Pierce in Piliang: 2018). The research results shows that gender discrimination that appears is gender discrimination are marginalization, subordination, violence and workload in the visuals shown in the documentary film ^Amerta Ning Sinar^ which is represented through Pierce^s Semiotics triadic scheme.

Keywords: Keywords: Gender Discrimination, Portrait Documentary, ^Amerta Ning Sinar^

Topic: The Arts of Recording Media