With members of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge only now being brought to justice, here's a timely documentary examining how the regime slaughtered up to two million of its own people.
Ten years in the making, this is the tale of a man and a movie camera as he travels the country to discover how ordinary people turned into state-sponsored killers in the late 70s.
And in a masterstroke, filmmaker Thet Sambath, who lost his parents to the regime, manages to befriend secondin-command to Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, now an elderly grandfather who claims he was only defending the country from the Vietnamese.
The moment when Sambath reveals the price his own family paid is stirring stuff.
While providing a fascinating insight into one of history's bloodiest reigns, what shines through is Sambath's ability to bury any vengeance in favour of journalistic impartiality.
The reel Lowdown If You Liked... Burma VJ, The Killing Fields... YOU'LL LIKE THIS.
Ten years in the making, this is the tale of a man and a movie camera as he travels the country to discover how ordinary people turned into state-sponsored killers in the late 70s.
And in a masterstroke, filmmaker Thet Sambath, who lost his parents to the regime, manages to befriend secondin-command to Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, now an elderly grandfather who claims he was only defending the country from the Vietnamese.
The moment when Sambath reveals the price his own family paid is stirring stuff.
While providing a fascinating insight into one of history's bloodiest reigns, what shines through is Sambath's ability to bury any vengeance in favour of journalistic impartiality.
The reel Lowdown If You Liked... Burma VJ, The Killing Fields... YOU'LL LIKE THIS.
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