[FILM] 'Enemies of the People'

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An opening scene from Enemies of the People.

A few nights ago, I screened the film Enemies of the People directed by Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin (Amsterdam:  International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 2009).  It is, in my opinion, a stunning documentary which explores little-known facets of the Cambodian genocide which took place from 1976 through 1979.

The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain largely unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who lost his family in the conflict and spends a decade 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 and co-director Rob Lemkin record shocking testimony never before seen or heard, in Enemies of the People. Produced in association with American Documentary | POV. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media. Winner of the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize. (90 minutes)

— POV - Enemies of the People | PBS

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Woman on far right describing scene at a killing field.

Information about this film can be found via the following links:

Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge Documentary, Killing Fields Film, Pol Pot Film :: Home
A ground-breaking documentary on the Khmer Rouge, with extraordinary confessions from Nuon Chea obtained by Cambodian filmmaker Thet Sambath

POV - Enemies of the People | PBS
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain largely unexplained. Until now.

Enemies of the People (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The killings were usually carried out at night.

You can screen the film in its entirety, perfectly legally, at POV - Watch Video | Enemies of the People: Full Length | PBS until 12th August of this year.  (NOTE:  Although I was able to view the film at that Web page, here in the U.S., it's possible [or perhaps probable] it may be blocked at locations outside the U.S.  Such censorship has become disgustingly widespread in recent years.  I apologize if this turns out to be the case at your location.)

Throughout the Occident, too little emphasis has been placed upon that Cambodian time of horror — by either formal-education systems or journalistic media of communication.  Here are some links which may be useful for those, like myself, whose knowledge of the Cambodian genocide is not what it should be:

Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Democratic Kampuchea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Khmer Rouge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nuon Chea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cambodian–Vietnamese War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Artifacts of the Cambodian genocide.

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