Environment issues is
the complex issue, also having everlasting and keep repeating again, then the
society perceive it the effect. So, the role of mass media to inform the
environment’s problem is very important, because, it can make the people
realize about the necessary to protect environment. However, the mass media is
judged lacking to do its role and function for keep conserve the environment
and nature. Therefore, alternative media appear to inform that issue, one of
that is documentary film which is giving an information and fresh view that
don’t loaded in the mainstream media. In spite of the fact that, it publish the
facts of the environment. Documentary also uses to advocate and criticize
certain phenomenon, such as environmental damage. This happened on Dandhy Dwi
Laksono through his work which his documentary film, Sexy Killers. This documentary
film shows the effect which felt by the society around coal mine industry and
Electric Steam Power Plant. Purpose from this research to discover critical
discourse on environmental damage that’s contain on the film Sexy Killers. This
research uses descriptive qualitative research method through analysis the
content with critical discourse analysis method. Then, the writer collect the
data through the interview and documentation from any sources. This research
uses technical analysis of model data from Teun A Van Dijk, which look from
three dimensions as text, social cognition and social context. The result of
this research, through the film Sexy Killers, Dandhy wants to show the irony and
inequality which happened to the society that’s live around the coal mine and
Electric Steam Power Plant. So, through the documentary film, Sexy Killers, as
a vessel to criticize the mainstream media which doesn’t give a space to
appoint the important issues. Also, the government and the sovereign do
injustice to the poor society. Then, the researcher finds the discourse on
environmental damage caused by oligarchs. This the political elites use an old
structure of oligarchy politic and new landscape.
Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Alternative
Media, Criticize of Environmental Damage