Oscar Nominated Documentary Empowers Victims of the Indonesian Genocide

In the acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer explores the aftereffects of the 1965 genocide in Indonesia. The Oscar nominated filmmaker throws light on the human condition in a persistent climate of fear and silence caused by the unanswered killings of between 500,000 and 1 million people.   The murderers have not faced justice for half a century because the political regime still protects them. The camera follows Adi, an Indonesian optometrist, as he...

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