Through Oppenheimer’s footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power.

Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 99mins
Language: Indonesian
Subtitles: English/ Arabic

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JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
Joshua Oppenheimer was born in USA and has worked for over a decade with militias, death squads and their victims to explore the relationship between political violence and the public imagination. Educated at Harvard and Central St Martins, London, his award-winning films include ‘The Globalization Tapes’ (2003), ‘The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase’ (1998), ‘These Places We’ve Learned to Call Home’ (1996).