Indonesian Cinemas Face Threat of US Movie Boycott1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCinema screens across the country may soon have little to show except local movies if a new threat by American film producers to boycott exports to Indonesia is carried out.
The warning has come from the Motion Picture Association, the international counterpart of the Motion Picture Association of America, which has apparently been angered by a proposed levy slapped on imported films.
Freelance film reviewer Bobby Batara told the Jakarta Globe that Frank Rittman, MPA’s vice president for the Asia Pacific, aired the warning after a preview screening for journalists on Thursday of the Oscar-nominated US film “Black Swan.”
Bobby, who attended the event, said Rittman had complained about a new tax that would soon be applied by Indonesia’s customs office.
