PORTRAYAL OF POST-COLONIALISM IN CAPTAIN PHILLIPS MOVIE

Captain Phillips is a movie directed by Paul Greengrass in 2013. Movie tells about American cargo ship, MV Maersk Alabama which is hijacked by Somali pirates in Indian Ocean in 2009. In movie, Somalia as non-west indicated as colonized country and America as west indicated as colonizer country. Both of America and Somalia have differences in economy condition, social, culture, and behaviour. Here, the writer aims to describe post-colonialism in Captain Phillips through dialogue and scene. In analyzing this research, the writer uses post-colonial theory and film theory. The data in this research is dialogue and scene in Captain Phillips movie as the main data. This research uses qualitative method by using descriptive analysis and collects the data by documentation technique. The result of this research, the writer finds the portrayal of post-colonialism in Captain Phillips movie. The writer finds that there are five portrayal of America and Somalia. Firstly, economic condition: poor of Somalia vs rich of America. Secondly, living-life: primitive of Somalia vs modern of America. Thirdly, intelligence: illogical of Somalia vs logical of America. Fourthly, race: black of Somalia vs white of America. The last, behaviour: cruel of Somalia vs kind of America