Eyeing The Men Behind The Murders

Documentary of the Week | Jul 17, 2015

Set in contemporary Indonesia, The Look of Silence explores the legacy of violence from the country’s genocide in the 1960s. Academy Award-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer follows a village optometrist who sets out to confront the men who killed his brother.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen

 

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