Enemies of the People
Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath 2009
Categories: World Cinema Documentary Competition, First Feature, Political
A young journalist whose family was killed by the Khmer Rouge befriends the perpetrators of the Killing Fields genocide, evoking shocking revelations.
Link to sundance site and photos here. About the film:
Run time: 93 min. | Cambodia, United Kingdom | Language: Khmer with English subtitles | color
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath's work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia's tragedy.
Codirectors Rob Lemkin and Sambath create a watershed account of Cambodian history and a heartfelt quest for closure on one of the world’s darkest episodes.
Film Contact
Rob Lemkin
Phone: +44 7889 441378
Email: rob [at] oldstreetfilms [dot] com
This would be good to screen( January-28-2010 )
This would be good to screen at the annual Cambofest, that's if the government will allow it to be screened in this country and if Jason continues with his efforts following on from the troubles he experienced this year.
http://bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com/2010/01/cambofest-story-part-1.html
Is this being released/going( January-25-2010 )
Is this being released/going to be released in Cambodia?