Central & South Asia
Indonesia film on mass killings stirs debate
Documentary featuring membera of death squads who killed communists in 1960s revives painful memories.
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2012 13:08

A new documentary in Indonesia is reviving memories of one of the country's most violent periods. 

The film, "Act of Killing", features members of 1960s death squads, who admit killing people they thought were communists.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from the province of North Sumatra.

44
Topics in this article
Country
Featured on Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera's exclusive publishing of a key Guantanamo prison military document lays bare the brutality of force-feeding.
Former military official says poverty and anger in indigenous communities mean conditions for an "insurgency" are ripe.
A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow.
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
Featured
Syria: The War Within
Two years since the start of the uprising, rebels and Assad's forces remain locked in conflict.
China Rising
A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow.
Crisis in Bangladesh
Extensive coverage of war crimes tribunals and controversial calls for blasphemy laws.
Al-Nakba
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
Korea Tensions
Al Jazeera looks at the escalation of military threats between N Korea and geopolitical rivals.
join our mailing list