The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful companion piece to Oscar-nominated The Act of Killing. Through Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide (which killed 10,500 people), 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: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Aztec Student Union
6075 Aztec Circle Dr
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
Tuesday, February 23 - 6:45 PM to 9:45 PM
For more information, please visit: www.newscenter.sdsu.edu
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Aztec Student Union
6075 Aztec Circle Dr
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
Tuesday, February 23 - 6:45 PM to 9:45 PM
For more information, please visit: www.newscenter.sdsu.edu
