Review for The Act of Killing Movie Screening

A few weeks ago, I went for a screening of the movie "The Act of Killing" in Jakarta. 

Here I quote the short explanation of the movie from IMD,  for your further information.

A documentary that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

It was a really mind enlightening discussion we had after the screening as we had the director, Joshua Oppenheimer (a Harvard graduate =) ) and Arief Zulkifli,the executive director of the famous TEMPO magazine (recently won  Liz O’Neill award for his investigation journalism activity).

I took some pictures during the discussing as I was so mesmerized by Joshua who can speak Bahasa fluently!

Plus I got a short video (sorry for the noise, I always do it, listening and talking at the same time).

Overall, the movie challenges you to see how "G-30 S PKI movie" has been used widely as a propaganda tool to counter different idealism. More than that, the movie pursues you to think critically such as "things that we think is right today, might be invalid in the future because the world is dynamic, as well as the society".

Anyway, me and my friends (who organized TAoK screening last time) will organize another screening for the documentary movie "Prison and Paradise". The movie will challenge you to see the terrorism discourse in Indonesia from the different angle. Check more info here:
 https://www.facebook.com/events/169280126561317

See u on the screening!


Love,

Olivia