Hi guys, I am from Sweden and while we had a lot of history education covering most of the world, but I feel fairly ignorant about the history in Asian countries, including China and India, which are the most populous nations in the world. I am not the best reader in the world, but I figured there may be some good documentaries I could watch? I am interested in both modern history and a more long-term overview, but keep in mind I am kinda new to the material ( I did Physics at uni).
You might wanna take a look at "The act of killing" and "the look of Silence" by Jason Oppenheimer.Although it does not give an overall summary on Indonesia's history from its independence,It is more specific towards the aftermath of the September 1st assassination of the indon's millitary leaders and the eventual purge of the entire communist system in the country.The first movie is taken from a perspective of the army loyalists(or perpetrators,whichever you look at it).The latter is taken from the view of a person whose brother was a suspected communist sympathiser