Archive for Broadcast Media

The Act of Interrogation

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

A film that is quickly becoming an international phenomenon is Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing.


 

In following Anwar through his reenactments of violence, Oppenheimer interrogates his subject in an intriguing way, eliciting a truth that can only be revealed through a direct confrontation with the past, and the creeping, horrific empathy that it entails.

Recommended viewing for Broadcast Media students.