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jwirr

(39,215 posts) Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:05 PM Aug 2015

Did anyone listen to Amy Goodman tonight about the upcoming movie The Look of Silence?

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I am sick at heart and need to talk to someone.

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Did anyone listen to Amy Goodman tonight about the upcoming movie The Look of Silence? (Original Post) jwirr Aug 2015 OP

Well, no, Newest Reality Aug 2015 #1

It is a movie regarding genocide in Indonesia in the late 60s and our involvement in it. Told by jwirr Aug 2015 #3

Yes. It was heartbreaking what was discussed. Cleita Aug 2015 #2

That was my thought also. Yet we should not deny this. It is too important. Once again it is our jwirr Aug 2015 #4

Yes. We are responsible for our souless corporations' exploitations of Cleita Aug 2015 #8

I love America and I have no other home but you know I think we deserve Rs as leaders - however, jwirr Aug 2015 #11

I spent the first twenty years of my life living part of each year Cleita Aug 2015 #13

Yes, I think Bernie may be our only chance to change things like this. This is what has built up jwirr Aug 2015 #14

Is it the Look Of Silence? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2015 #5

Yes, thanks for the correction. jwirr Aug 2015 #6

I've been interested in this topi for a long time. I googled like crazy and that's the closest title Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2015 #7

The Act of Killing was Oppenheimer's first movie about this subject. The people who did it are jwirr Aug 2015 #9

If I am not mistaken Amy was Puglover Aug 2015 #10

No wonder she is so interested. jwirr Aug 2015 #12

kick Solly Mack Aug 2015 #15

Yes. Sounded much like what happened in Guatemala. We seem to always back the bad guys. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #16

I thought that also. Much of what they talked about sounded very much like the Milton Freidman jwirr Aug 2015 #17

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

1. Well, no,

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:33 PM

Aug 2015

Did not hear Amy Goodman, but thought I would respond anyway.

I have heard the title of the movie recently, but I don't know what it is about.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

3. It is a movie regarding genocide in Indonesia in the late 60s and our involvement in it. Told by

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:38 PM

Aug 2015

the real killers and the victims families. Sick sick sick. Amy showed the trailers from the movie. very realistic. Heartbreaking.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

2. Yes. It was heartbreaking what was discussed.

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:37 PM

Aug 2015

I don't think I could watch the whole movie though.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

4. That was my thought also. Yet we should not deny this. It is too important. Once again it is our

Reply to Cleita (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:40 PM

Aug 2015

support for the corporations. In this case rubber plantations. We use the rubber for tires and condoms.

Cleita

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8. Yes. We are responsible for our souless corporations' exploitations of

Reply to jwirr (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:56 PM

Aug 2015

third world countries using our government state department and military to back them. No one is ever held accountable for their crimes.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

11. I love America and I have no other home but you know I think we deserve Rs as leaders - however,

Reply to Cleita (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:05 PM

Aug 2015

the world does not so we must vote for Democrats. And remember during these years it was Democrats in power.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

13. I spent the first twenty years of my life living part of each year

Reply to jwirr (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:14 PM

Aug 2015

in South America. My dad worked for an American copper mining company. I saw first hand how we exploited these nations in particular messing with their politics in order to make them pliable to our agenda and if these countries leaders didn't cooperate, like Hugo Chavez, our state dept backed coups and other dirty tricks to change the leadership. It didn't matter which party was in charge both followed the same foreign policy and so will Hillary. she is part of that establishment like her husband.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

14. Yes, I think Bernie may be our only chance to change things like this. This is what has built up

Reply to Cleita (Reply #13)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:28 PM

Aug 2015

our wealth inequality. I guess we have known this since Vietnam if not before then. But every time I see another proof it hurts. We had a nation that could have been a good thing if we had not let greed turn us into empire builders. Once we took off on that track any thing was acceptable.

And it used to be about foreign nations but I think the corporatists have brought it home to us now.

Guy Whitey Corngood

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5. Is it the Look Of Silence? nt

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:45 PM

Aug 2015

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

6. Yes, thanks for the correction.

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:51 PM

Aug 2015

Guy Whitey Corngood

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7. I've been interested in this topi for a long time. I googled like crazy and that's the closest title

Reply to jwirr (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:54 PM

Aug 2015

I found.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/14/the-look-of-silence-joshua-oppenheimer-review

jwirr

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9. The Act of Killing was Oppenheimer's first movie about this subject. The people who did it are

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:03 PM

Aug 2015

still in control of Indonesia.

This is another we have screwed the world story.

Puglover

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10. If I am not mistaken Amy was

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:04 PM

Aug 2015

there at one point in the thick of things reporting.

jwirr

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12. No wonder she is so interested.

Reply to Puglover (Reply #10)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:07 PM

Aug 2015

Solly Mack

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15. kick

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:51 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/8/3/the_look_of_silence_will_new

October 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 1965 genocide in Indonesia that left over one million people dead. Human rights groups are circulating petitions calling for the U.S. government to acknowledge its role in the genocide and to release CIA, military and other governmental records related to the mass killings. The United States provided the Indonesian army with financial, military and intelligence support at the time of the mass killings. Today we look at the pursuit of one Indonesian man confronting his brother’s killers. In 1965, Adi Rukun’s older brother was killed by the Komando Aksi, a paramilitary organization in Aceh. Adi Rukun’s pursuit is the focus on Joshua Oppenheimer’s new documentary, "The Look of Silence." In 2012, Oppenheimer released a companion film titled "The Act of Killing," in which he interviewed the Indonesian death squad leaders and worked with them to re-enact the real-life killings. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.

kelliekat44

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16. Yes. Sounded much like what happened in Guatemala. We seem to always back the bad guys. nt

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Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:37 AM

Aug 2015

jwirr

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17. I thought that also. Much of what they talked about sounded very much like the Milton Freidman

Reply to kelliekat44 (Reply #16)

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:59 PM

Aug 2015

killings in South America to install American Corporations as they took over the democratically elected governments and their supporters.

I do not know if it was for the same reasons but it sure does sound like it. I know that those coups started in the 50s.

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