| Summary: | Soros Documentary Fund
In 1967, President Suharto came to power in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, in a military coup that resulted in nearly one million dead and thousands jailed. During his reign, his regime opened the archipelago to international investment while increasing the gap between rich and poor. Indonesia brutally occupied East Timor for more than 20 years, killing more than 200,000 people and engaging in systematic campaigns of rape, murder and torture. Pro-democracy advocates, East Timorese, labor organizers, students and workers speak out about life under the boot of the Suharto regime in this engrossing documentary. Shot in Indonesia and East Timor in 1997, this video captures the political climate through the voices of those long silenced. It features interviews with Jose Ramos-Horta, co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize; jailed labor leaders Muchtar Pakpahan and Dita Sari; professor of Indonesian literature Sylvia Tiwon; and award-winning Indonesian journalist Andreas Harsono.
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