Time Magazine Calls Weekly Program on Khmer Rouge Trial a 'Sleeper Hit' in Cambodia

With up to 3 million viewers each week, "Duch on Trial" program provides many with primary source of information on the international tribunal.

With one in five Cambodians watching the show every week

'Duch on Trial' has become the main way many young Cambodians, who were not taught about the Khmer Rouge in school, learn about the historic Khmer Rouge tribunal unfolding in Phnom Penh -- and, in a lot of cases, hear about this dark chapter of their country's history for the first time.

We consider these films to be a vital tool in helping the Cambodian public and the world at large better understand the complex issues involved in these groundbreaking trials

The goal is to help make the trial proceedings accessible to everyone in the interest of furthering the process of international justice.

You'll go out to (a) local little village … and there will be almost nothing there

Yet there will be a TV set hooked up to set of car batteries, and people watching.