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  • Doc Memo: Nonfiction Meets Animation, Indonesia's Quest for Truth
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 27, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Joshua Oppenheimer and Adi Rukun Raise Awareness Amongst Silence
    While on the Oscar campaign trail, Joshua Oppenheimer and Adi Rukun raise awareness against the silence on the 1960s Indonesian genocide.
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 22, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • “My films are not about the crimes that happened in 1965. They are about impunity today.” Joshua Oppenheimer on 'The Look of Silence' and Revisiting the Indonesian Genocide
    Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer ("The Act of Killing") tells Doc Soup Man Tom Roston about the making of his new documentary, "The Look of Silence," which begins a theatrical run this weekend.
    Tom Roston 4 min read July 17, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Next on POV: The Act of Killing
    As dreamlike and terrifying as anything that Werner Herzog (one of the executive producers) could imagine. Watch The Act of Killing, Monday on PBS.
    POV Staff 2 min read October 1, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Enter the Edit: Niels Pagh Andersen and Colin Nusbaum
    "There are a couple films in my career that changed me, not only as an editor, but as a human being... I think The Act of Killing absolutely is one of them." - Niels Pagh Andersen
    Emma Dessau 13 min read September 29, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments