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History, Memory, Reenactment

The films in this collection strive to bring to our attention highly contested and still bleeding histories. They use the form of documentary with all its creativity to counter pervasive modes of power, states of impunity, directed forgetfulness, and the silencing of traumatic memories.

New Currents Collections
Especially curated by Film Platform, aim to explore new directions and developments in documentary craftsmanship. They are organized according to major aesthetic trends and fields of influence which permeate documentary filmmaking today.

Films in this subject

The Act Of Killing
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The Act Of Killing
In this chilling and inventive Oscar nominated documentary, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Language: Indonesian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 159 min.
Year of production: 2012
Asian Studies Author's POV Conflicts Crime Ethnography Genocide History Hybrid Law and Justice Politics Society
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The Look of Silence
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The Look of Silence
In this highly-anticipated companion to The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer offers another haunting look at the Indonesian genocide, this time from the perspective of the victims.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Language: Indonesian, Javanese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2014
Asian Studies Cinema Conflicts Ethnography Family Genocide Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Politics Society
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Ford Transit
Ford Transit
Rajai, a Palestinian “service” taxi driver ferries his passengers between East Jerusalem and Ramallah. En route, he either gives you insight into the challenges faced by Palestinians under Israeli occupation or drives you crazy. Or both.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Language: Arabic (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 80/60 min.
Year of production: 2002
Conflicts Current Affairs Hybrid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Law and Justice Middle Eastern Studies Politics Poverty Society
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Iraqi Odyssey
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Iraqi Odyssey
Acclaimed Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people plagued by dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation of Iraq.
Director: Samir
Language: Arabic, English, German, Russian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 92 min.
Year of production: 2014
Conflicts Family History Immigration and Migration Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics War
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