Act of Killing (2013) is a striking documentary film about the carnage in Indonesia following a coup in the 1960s. A million people are estimated to have died. Many were Chinese.

The Director, Joshua Oppenheimer, invites his protagonist, a former leader of the violence, to re-enact his killings. The co-producer is Errol Morris, master of documentary re-enactments, including his Oscar-winning film Fog of War about Robert McNamara (former US Secretary of Defense and World Bank President), where he uses archival footage to cleverly recreate the context for decisions.

My experience of Indonesia is only a short 5 days in Jakarta. But I've always wondered what dynamic holds such a seemingly disparate country together. After this film I'm wondering even more.