This study discussed the white savior narrative and hegemony presented in Lincoln (2012) movie. In America, around 1861 to 1865, slavery often occurred to Black people. At that time, a lot of Americans thought Black Americans were slaves. Although a lot of white people made Black people as slaves, there were also some White Americans who helped Black American struggle. The white savior narrative refers to a common trope in storytelling, both in literature and films, where a white person is portrayed as the heroic figure who rescues or saves people of color from their plight or struggles. This study aims to analyze the issue of the struggle against slavery as depicted in Lincoln (2012) movie and how the white savior narrative plays a role in the depiction of slavery abolishment in Lincoln (2012) movie.

The type of this study was qualitative research and the theory used in this study was hegemony theory. The method of data collection was watching the movie and reading the script of the movie, identifying the data, classifying the data, reducing the data, analyzing the data. This study used two data sources, namely primary and secondary data sources. The primary data focused on the movie and the movie scripts in the forms of dialogues in Lincoln (2012) movie. The secondary data focused on journals, articles, books or previous research.

This study draws two conclusions. First, this study reveals that the issue of the struggle against slavery is clearly depicted in Lincoln (2012) movie. This can be proven by the character Lincoln who wanted to abolish slavery by passing the 13th tth thtamendment. With the 13th amendment, slavery was permanently abolished and there were no black people who felt the oppression and suffering of slavery anymore. Second, the study reveals that the white savior narrative is shown in the main character, Lincoln, as knowledgeable, capable and morally righteous. Through consistent portrayal of these public images, Lincoln’s ideas were easily approved by the majority group.

Keywords: White savior narrative, Lincoln (2012) movie, slavery abolishment, hegemony.