FILM-RELATED WEB SITES
The Look of Silence
www.thelookofsilence.com -- The official website has information about the film, including detailed interviews with the director, as well as helpful background on the genocide and Indonesia and an excellent collection of articles and reports in downloadable PDF form.
Film Platform
http://filmplatform.net/product/look-silence -- Film Platform's web page for The Look of Silence includes additional resources, such as academic notes and a study guide, plus audience quotes and a complete list of awards.
Original Online Content on POV
To enhance the broadcast, POV has produced an interactive website to enable viewers to explore the film in greater depth. The Look of Silence website -- www.pbs.org/pov/thelookofsilence/ -- offers a streaming video trailer for the film; an interview with Joshua Oppenheimer and Werner Herzog; a list of related websites, articles and books; a downloadable discussion guide; and special features.
The Genocide in Indonesia
George Washington University, The National Security Archive: "The United States and Suharto: April 1966-December 1968. Memorandum From Donald W. Ropa of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant (Rostow)."
www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB52/doc427.pdf -- This is a government document dated April 18, 1966 on U.S. involvement and response to the events.
The Jakarta Post: "1965 Purge a Gross Violation of Human Rights"
www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/07/24/1965-purge-a-gross-violation-human-rights.html -- This 2012 news story covers the results of the National Human Rights Commission investigation of human rights violations in the 1965-1966 PKI purge. The English language paper also provides current reporting on events in Indonesia.
Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État in Indonesia. 2006.
John Roosa's book provides a detailed account of the genocide and the events leading up to it.
The Journal of Asian Studies. "The State of of Knowledge about an Open Secret: Indonesia's Mass Disappearances of 1965-66"
journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0021911816000474 -- John Roosa's analysis of a crucial scene in The Act of Killing.
The United States and Suharto: April 1966-December 1968. "Memorandum From Donald W. Ropa of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant (Rostow).
www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB52/doc427.pdf -- April 18, 1966. A government document on the U.S.'s involvement and response to the events.
Tempo: "Requiem for a Massacre"
http://theactofkilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/TEMPO-UK-Edition-HiRes.pdf -- In 2012, this magazine published an unprecedented 75-page special on the 1965-66 killings with testimonies from the perpetrators.
Human Rights
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/indonesia/report-indonesia/ -- This link takes you to Amnesty International's most recent accounting of the status of human rights in Indonesia. Also see this report on Indonesia's then newly elected president: www.amnesty.org/en/news/indonesia-new-president-widodo-must-make-good-human-rights-pledges-2014-07-22.
Asian Human Rights Commission
www.humanrights.asia -- Search "Indonesia" for reports on human rights abuses, including calls to end impunity for those who committed atrocities in 1965-66.
Human Rights Working Group Indonesia
www.trunity.net/hrwg/topics/view/51cbfc7ff702fc2ba812b263/ -- This is a coalition of human rights organizations and initiatives. Of special interest is a report on elderly victims of the communist purge seeking justice: www.trunity.net/hrwg/view/news/51cbefc47896bb431f69ef2a/?topic=51cbfc7ff702fc2ba812b263.
Asia Human Rights Commission
www.humanrights.asia -- Search "Indonesia" for reports on human rights abuses, including calls to end impunity for those who committed atrocities in 1965-66.
KontraS
The Commission for "the Disappeared" and Victims of Violence
www.kontras.org/eng/index.php -- This Indonesian nonprofit advocates for human rights and justice for victims of more recent violence and human rights abuses.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html -- The text of this seminal United Nations document is available at this link.
Indonesia General
CIA World Factbook: Indonesia
www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html -- This site provides general information on Indonesia from a U.S. perspective.
Indonesian Government
indonesia.go.id/en -- This is the portal to official Indonesian government websites.
CIA World Factbook
www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html -- general information on Indonesia from a U.S. perspective
U.S. Department of State: U.S. Relations with Indonesia
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2748.htm -- This page offers general information on Indonesia, along with an overview of current U.S.-Indonesian relations.
Resources in Indonesian
(English speakers may want to use a program like Google Translate to look at these sites)
Indonesia Corruption Watch
www.antikorupsi.org -- This site reports on and works against current corruption in Indonesian politics and business.
National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia
www.komnasham.go.id/ -- This is the official website of the commission.