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Khmer Rouge Era Documentary Marathon Screenings at MetaHouse
From 1975 – 1979, Cambodia was plunged into the darkness and fire by the forces of guerilla forces called “Khmer Rouge”. The struggles of surviving from hunger, death and sickness is commonly known during the era.
However, the struggles of women, who were forced to marry to Khmer Rouge soldiers are little known. These forced marriages were called “Red Wedding” and on December 13th, a 2012 documentary film bearing the very name, by Lida Chan, will be screening at MetaHouse.
Phnom Penh- From 1975 – 1979, Cambodia was plunged into the darkness and fire by the forces of guerilla forces called “Khmer Rouge”. The struggles of surviving from hunger, death and sickness is commonly known during the era.
However, the struggles of women, who were forced to marry to Khmer Rouge soldiers are little known. These forced marriages were called “Red Wedding” and on December 13th, a 2012 documentary film bearing the very name, by Lida Chan, will be screening at MetaHouse.
The film takes viewers through the bad memories of Sochan Pen, who was one of the red wedding victims, through which she was beaten and raped by her husband before managing to escape. After 30 years of staying quiet, Sochan is ready to file a complaint with the international tribunal that will try former Khmer Rouge leaders. The goal of these forced marriages was to increase the population after the clean up of intellectuals.
From 13th to 14th December, MetaHouse will screen multiple films in the evening relating to Cambodia’s dark modern era such as Red Wedding, Kampuchea – Death & Rebirth, The Jungle War, and Children of Krousar Thmey.
A mesmeric journey through the completely empty streets of Phnom Penh. Interviews with the handful of shell-shocked inhabitants who’d managed to survive the genocide, often by hiding their true identities, was powerful stuff for the time.
By the early 1980s, the world knew that Cambodia had been ravaged by a human catastrophe. From safe havens in Thailand, the Khmer Rouge received aid from China and the United States to wage an insurgency against the new Hanoi-backed government. Featuring interviews with Ieng Sary, Son Sann and HRH Norodom Sihanouk.
“Site Two” was the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border and, for several years, the largest refugee camp in Southeast Asia. The camp was established in January 1985 during the 1984-1985 Vietnamese offensive against guerrilla forces opposing Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia. The story of their return to Cambodia before the first free elections after the KR reign. Despite the suffering, this is a story full of hope and joy.
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