Through Oppenheimer’s footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who confronts the men who killed his brother.

One of the most acclaimed documentaries of recent years, Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar®-nominated follow-up to The Act of Killing continues that film’s pursuit of Indonesia’s genocidal leaders. Bold, riveting, and confrontational, The Look of Silence is a haunting interrogation of the banality of evil.