40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy (2009)
500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed in Indonesia. The world looked away. 40 years later, four families break the silence.
86 min
In one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Indonesians were killed in 1965 when General Suharto began a purge of suspected “communists” through a complex and highly contested series of events–ultimately leading him to the presidency. 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy follows the compelling testimonies of four individuals and their families, as they break the silence with an intimate look at what it was like for survivors during Suharto’s New Order regime.
- Release date
- January 1, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Malcolm Cross
- Budget
- $400,000
Cast
- Budi as Self - Survivor
- Nyoman Kereta as Self - Survivor
- Lanny as Self - Survivor
- Geoffrey Robinson as Self - Historian
- John Roosa as Self - Historian
- Degung Santikarma as Self - Survivor
- Baskara Wardaya as Self - Historian
Crew
- Robert Lemelson · Director
- Robert Lemelson · Producer
- Alessandra Pasquino · Producer
- Malcolm Cross · Composer
- Dag Yngvesson · Cinematographer
- Kathy Huang · Editor
- Wing Ko · Editor
- Emily Ng · Editor
- Pietro Scalia · Editor