Abstract
Three years after the release of Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing (2012), which explores the 1965-1966 massacres from the perspective of the killers, I review the impact of the documentary on national and international audiences. I argue that the victims themselves, and the pervasive forms of sexualized forms of violence during the massacres, are felt through their absence in the film.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1356
Recommended Citation
Pohlman, Annie E.
(2015)
"Film Review: The Act of Killing,"
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal:
Vol. 9:
Iss.
2:
131-134.
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1356
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol9/iss2/15
