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Kampuchea- Death and Rebirth
Kampuchea- Death and Rebirth

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Record No.
V00048
Title
Kampuchea- Death and Rebirth
ចំណងជើង
Kampuchea- Death and Rebirth
Producer
Germany
អ្នកផលិត
Germany
Date of Film
1980
Category
2
Length
90 min.
Short
0:18:37-0:23:53
Description
This film examines the role and influence of China in the rise of so-called communist movements in South East Asian nations such as Vietnam and Cambodia. The relationship between the Pol Pot- Ieng Sary clique and Peking is highlighted. The culture of the Khmer people, this film states is dictated by the ties between Pol Pot and the ministers in China. The mass graves in Cambodia came to light only when 20,000 Chinese officials were forced to leave the nation. Ieng Thirith, the wife of Ieng Sary, at the time this film was made still traveled around the world representing the interests of so-called "Democratic Kampuchea" at Maoist conferences. When asked about the torture carried out at S-21, and the photographs taken by the Vietnamese when they reached Tuol Sleng, she replied saying that the Vietnamese are cunning and are bale to throw things out of proportion. Admitting that excesses had been committed in Cambodia, Ieng Thirith stated that these orders came from Hanoi. The film touches upon how libraries were turned into pigsties, and Schools to prisons from 1975 to 1979. Survivors of the regime also tell their stories, highlighting the treatment of the "New people" vs. the "Old people." passport.
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This film examines the role and influence of China in the rise of so-called communist movements in South East Asian nations such as Vietnam and Cambodia. The relationship between the Pol Pot- Ieng Sary clique and Peking is highlighted. The culture of the Khmer people, this film states is dictated by the ties between Pol Pot and the ministers in China. The mass graves in Cambodia came to light only when 20,000 Chinese officials were forced to leave the nation. Ieng Thirith, the wife of Ieng Sary, at the time this film was made still traveled around the world representing the interests of so-called "Democratic Kampuchea" at Maoist conferences. When asked about the torture carried out at S-21, and the photographs taken by the Vietnamese when they reached Tuol Sleng, she replied saying that the Vietnamese are cunning and are bale to throw things out of proportion. Admitting that excesses had been committed in Cambodia, Ieng Thirith stated that these orders came from Hanoi. The film touches upon how libraries were turned into pigsties, and Schools to prisons from 1975 to 1979. Survivors of the regime also tell their stories, highlighting the treatment of the "New people" vs. the "Old people." passport.
Source
film