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New Indonesian TV Mini-Series Aims to Promote Tolerance
Jakarta Globe | February 09, 2012

A new television series set to air across Indonesia this month will be an alternative to the common drama found in the average Sinetron, according to promoters. A new television series set to air across Indonesia this month will be an alternative to the common drama found in the average Sinetron, according to promoters.
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pakGuru
4:49pm Feb 9, 2012

nice idea...will ariel and luna be part of this?

maybe the sandal-thief can make a cameo appearance


Kemekelen
3:15pm Feb 9, 2012

If we have people who see stoning as inhuman, or yelling at God through mosque's speaker is disturbing... I doubt we could find a common ground.

DrDez
2:22pm Feb 9, 2012

of course the behaviour of our football league and their fans are a role model for tolerance, conflict resolution....

Good try though and welcome, but to address the real issues it will have to appear offensive to the Muslims who its intended to work on - ergo its either weak or will be attacked and taken off the air like every other attempt

padt
2:20pm Feb 9, 2012

And will there be non muslims in the teams?

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A new television series set to air across Indonesia this month will be an alternative to the common drama found in the average Sinetron, promoters are promising. Tim Bui, a new 13-episode football themed drama set in prison, hopes to promote tolerance, team work and conflict resolution.

“Tim Bui revolutionizes drama TV in Indonesia, offering viewers a more educational alternative to many of the sinetron dramas currently dominating the market," said Brian D. Hanley, the Asia Director for Search for Common Ground, a nongovernmental organization. "Tim Bui promotes positive models of social interaction, and is locally written, produced, and broadcast.”

Tim Bui is produced by SFCG and local media partner SET film, and funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development and the Australian Government through its aid program AusAID.

Producers hope the series, which hits Indonesia on Feb. 19 on Metro TV, will reach millions across the archipelago.

The mini series is set in a jail that is home to two rival ethnic gangs. Through the course of the series, and through a prison football team, the gangs evolve from bitter, violent rivals into teammates. The show also tackles issues such as discrimination, corruption, women’s rights and radicalism (and the redemption from it), all issues that SFCG’s deals with in Indonesia.

The organization will schedule community outreach as the show airs to promote “tolerance, teamwork and conflict transformation.

“These activities include the establishment of soccer teams, leagues, and competitions, as well as the hosting of conflict transformation workshops, and will take place at pesantren [Islamic boarding schools] and prisons across Indonesia,” a news release said. 

Search for Common Ground has also produced ‘The Team,’ a global radio and television drama that has aired in historically conflict ridden zones in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.