40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy

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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy (2009)

Directed by Robert Lemelson

“500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed in Indonesia. The world looked away. 40 years later, four families break the silence.”

Documentary · 1h 26m

In one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th cen­tury, an esti­mated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Indone­sians were killed in 1965 when Gen­eral Suharto began a purge of sus­pected “com­mu­nists” through a com­plex and highly con­tested series of events–ultimately lead­ing him to the presidency. 40 Years of Silence: An Indone­sian Tragedy fol­lows the com­pelling tes­ti­monies of four indi­vid­u­als and their fam­i­lies, as they break the silence with an inti­mate look at what it was like for sur­vivors dur­ing Suharto’s New Order regime.

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Crew

Director
Robert Lemelson
Director of Photography
Dag Yngvesson
Original Music Composer
Malcolm Cross
Editor
Dag Yngvesson, Wing Ko

Details

Release date
2009-01-01
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Indonesian, English
Countries
United States of America
Budget
$400,000