The Look of Silence
Catalogue Number: BLUE35
Producer: Blue Ice Docs Fund Inc.
Subject: Canadian World Studies, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, History, Psychology, Social Sciences, Sociology, World History
Language: Indonesian
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Denmark
Copyright Year: 2014
Running Time: 99:19
The Look of Silence is a powerful companion to The Act of Killing, examining the legacy of Indonesia’s 1965–66 mass killings through the quiet, measured perspective of Adi, a man who confronts those responsible for the murder of his brother. Moving between present‑day encounters and historical trauma, the film exposes how violence, silence, and impunity shape personal and national memory decades later. Intimate and devastating, the documentary shifts the focus from perpetrators to survivors, asking what justice, remembrance, and reconciliation can mean when crimes remain unacknowledged.
Nominated - Oscar 2016 Academy Awards
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