The Act of Killing
The 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary film "The Act of Killing", directed by Joshua Oppenheimer uses reenactment as a process of memory and critical thinking in the re-telling of the Indonesian genocide of 1965. It focuses on one perpetrator, in particular, revisiting and re-enacting his experiences as an executioner, forcing himself and audiences to physically and psychologically re-live the historical event. The re-enactment provides a physical discourse that allows audiences and actors alike to re-live the events that took place, recreating memories on screen.