Come join us at The New Parkway in downtown Oakland for the incredible experience that is The Act of Killing. Thanks to the director, Joshua Oppenheimer, we have been given the rights to show the Director's cut of the film, longer and more complete than the version which was shown in US theatres.
This film, which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, explores the massacres of over a million people accused of being communists, in 1965.
From the official website: "Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into filmmaking is being celebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers. Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands." (c) Official Site
This film showing will be a benefit for the Borneo Project, who work directly with indigenous and front line communities in Indonesia and Malaysia to help them project their environment and forge a sustainable future.
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This film, which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, explores the massacres of over a million people accused of being communists, in 1965.
From the official website: "Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into filmmaking is being celebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers. Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands." (c) Official Site
This film showing will be a benefit for the Borneo Project, who work directly with indigenous and front line communities in Indonesia and Malaysia to help them project their environment and forge a sustainable future.
Come join us at The New Parkway in downtown Oakland for the incredible experience that is The Act of Killing. Thanks to the director, Joshua Oppenheimer, we have been given the rights to show the Director's cut of the film, longer and more complete than the version which was shown in US theatres.
This film, which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, explores the massacres of over a million people accused of being communists, in 1965.
From the official website: "Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into filmmaking is being celebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers. Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands." (c) Official Site
This film showing will be a benefit for the Borneo Project, who work directly with indigenous and front line communities in Indonesia and Malaysia to help them project their environment and forge a sustainable future.
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This film, which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, explores the massacres of over a million people accused of being communists, in 1965.
From the official website: "Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into filmmaking is being celebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers. Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands." (c) Official Site
This film showing will be a benefit for the Borneo Project, who work directly with indigenous and front line communities in Indonesia and Malaysia to help them project their environment and forge a sustainable future.
show less
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474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
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