Listen to The End

A follow-up to his extraordinary and harrowing diptych around the horrors of Indonesia’s past, The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, The End might suggest a radical departure for visionary director Joshua Oppenheimer. But this delightful, apocalyptic musical speaks to those films’ same concerns: the evil we can do to each other, and the lies we must tell to maintain a sense of morality. As our planet wrestles with new climate catastrophes and people the world over are suffering their consequences, few films will ring as timely and urgent as The End. In this in-depth talk, Oppenheimer joins his star, award-winning actor George MacKay, to talk about the film’s production, their vision for storytelling and how the musical genre uniquely conveys both vulnerability and hope.