Unsettling Redemption: The Ethics of Intrasubjectivity in <i>The Act of Killing</i>

The documentary The Act of Killing adopts a novel experimental approach to mass atrocity. Perpetrators of Cold War era anti-communist purges in Indonesia are invited to narrate their acts through familiar film genres. The resulting narrative appears to fit within the ideology of transitional justice...

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Main Author: Sara Kendall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Libraries 2017-02-01
Series:MediaTropes
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Online Access:http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/27167