Analisis Pesan Toleransi dalam Film Bumi Itu Bulat

Abstract

Movie is a of mass communication medium that effective in conveying messages to a wide audience. Indonesia as a pluralistic country needs the application of an attitude of tolerance to every citizen. Bumi Itu Bulat is a tolerance-themed movie produced by Robert Ronny in collaboration with GP Ansor. This movie is interesting because it doesn’t just take one difference to become a conflict in the movie. This movie takes all differences that exist in Indonesia to be used as a conflict in the movie. Therefore, I as researcher am interested in conducting more in-depth research on how the massage of tolerance represented in Bumi Itu Bulat. This research is a qualitative research using Charles Sanders Peirce semiotic analysis approach. The data sources used in this study are primary data sources from the Bumi Itu Bulat movie itself, and secondary data obtained from books, journals, results of previous researches and so on. The result of this study shows the tolerance messages in the Bumi Itu Bulat movie are represented in the form of attitudes of giving freedom and independence, acknowledging everyone’s rights, respecting other people’s believes, and understanding each other.