Pandemic Hits Workers in Film Industry

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Rahmadia (center) practices self-defense for an action film at the Piranha Stunt Indonesia Studio in Depok, West Java, Friday (26/3/2021). Rahmadia, who was an extra in the action film The Raid, admitted that she was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic which hit the domestic film industry.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The Covid-19 pandemic has indicated the fragility of the national film industry. As soon as the pandemic hit the country, many film companies collapsed, as most of the production activities were halted. As a result, film industry workers, most of whom enjoy no standard wages, insurance, and legal employment status, lost their jobs.

The film workers lost their income as production activities were halted. Some of them tried to survive by becoming farmers, welders or doing other odd jobs, while remaining optimistic about the eventual revival of national cinema.