Synopsis
Tangsi Kehidupan di Masa Kelam menggambarkan realitas Sawahlunto pada masa penjajahan Belanda, ketika ribuan buruh tambang hidup di barak-barak sempit yang disebut tangsi. Di balik fungsi tangsi sebagai hunian, terdapat bagain kelam yang disebut Tangsi Rante, tempat para kuli rantai—pekerja paksa yang diborgol. Melalui cerita para sesepuh dan narasumber lainnya, film ini menelurusi kerasnya kehidupan para buruh tambang yang kerap terlupakan dalam catatan sejarah. Sebuah pengingat bahwa di balik kejayaan kota Tambang—Sawahlunto, ada kehidupan kelam yang pernah terjadi di balik dinding-dinding tangsi.
This film portrays the reality of Sawahlunto during the Dutch colonial era, when thousands of miners lived in cramped barracks known as tangsi. Beyond their function as housing, there lay a darker element called Tangsi Rante—the quarters for the kuli rantai (chained laborers), who worked in shackles.
Through the accounts of elders and other sources, the film delves into the harsh lives of these miners, whose stories are often overlooked in historical records. It serves as a poignant reminder that behind the glory of Sawahlunto as a mining city, a dark history once unfolded behind the walls of the tangsi.
References
Dinas Kebudayaan dan Permuseuman Kota Sawahlunto dan KITlv

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