Two special screenings of Oppenheimer's films, with Oppenheimer in attendance on December 10th.
Joshua Oppenheimer immediately made a name for himself in the world of documentary filmmaking with The Act of Killing, a film about the Indonesian genocide, an episode of Indonesian history still so repressed by its government that Oppenheimer has been banned from filming in the country. In that genre-bending documentary, Oppenheimer proved he was interested in more than non-fiction, and with his latest film The End, he creates a fictional depiction of lonely souls at the end of the world.
Events in this Series
The End (Director In Person!)
Director Joshua Oppenhemier in Person! Decades after a series of events make the surface of the earth nearly uninhabitable, a wealthy family (Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George McKay) and their staff (Lennie James, Tim McInnerny, and Bronagh Gallagher) wile away their time in a luxurious underground bunker.
The Act of Killing
The perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide are still publicly celebrated. Oppenheimer takes an extensive look at the lives of these men and asks them to recreate their killings in the form of cinema.