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Joshua Oppenheimer: The Act of Killing

The Current

August 1, 2013

Season 2013, Episode 300131278

23:21

More than a million people were killed in the 1965 Indonesia massacre. So why are people applauding a modern-day re-enactment of mass murder? Because the perpetrators are still considered national heros.‘The Act of Killing’ director tells us more.

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