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Enemies of the people : [a personal journey into the heart of the killing fields] / an Old Street Films/Thet Sambath production ; written, directed, filmed and produced by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath. |
Edition |
2 disc special edition. |
OCLC |
780322149 |
ISBN/ISSN |
608938795878 |
Music number |
OSF001 Old Street Films |
Publisher |
[Oxford, England] : Old Street Films, [2011] |
Description |
2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (26 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) |
LC Subject heading/s |
Sambath Thet, 1967-
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Nuon Chea, 1926-2019
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Pol, Pot.
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Parti communiste du Kampuchea.
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Political atrocities -- Cambodia.
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Genocide -- Cambodia.
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Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979.
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Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979.
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Other Genre heading/s |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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System details note |
DVD, NTSC, all regions; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital stereo. |
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DVD. |
Participant or performer note |
Narrated by Thet Sambath. |
Creation/Production credits |
Editor, Stefan Ronowicz; executive producers, Mike Wang, Rob Lemkin, Sandra Whipham ; music, Daniel Pemberton. |
Target audience |
Unrated. |
Summary |
The men and women who perpetrated the Cambodian killing fields massacres -- from the foot soldiers who slit throats to the party's ideological leader, Nuon Chea, aka Brother Number Two -- break a 30-year silence to give testimony never before heard or seen. Unprecedented access from top to bottom of the Khmer Rouge has been achieved through a decade of work by one of Cambodia's top investigative journalists, Thet Sambath. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Enemies of the people main feature film (94 min.) -- Featurette: One day at Po Chrey : anatomy of a massacre (29 min.) -- Deleted scenes. Looking for Vorn (11 min.) -- Sambath after the arrest (5 min.) -- Khoun describes the plan (5 min.) -- Map to murder (2 min.) -- Suon's extra comment (Warning: extreme content, 4 min.) -- Nuon Chea uncut. 1 (29 min.) -- Nuon Che uncut. 2 (12 min.) -- Disc 2. Videoconference: Victims, perpetrators: survivors (44 min.) -- Question & answer sessions (2 hr., 34 min.) -- Television reports (22 min.) -- Director interviews (50 min.) -- Music video (5 min.) |
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Main feature film scenes. Recurring dreams -- Khmer Rouge come to power -- How Pol Pot became secretary general -- Ours was a peaceful regime -- Review and renactment -- Confronting a killer -- I cried secretly -- Meeting Sister Em -- Nuon Chea opens up -- Sambath's mother -- Pol Pot's big mistake -- A patriot in an unfair society -- Suon and Khoun meet Nuon Chea -- Sambath's brother -- Sambath reveals -- Human gall -- Nuon Chea's last meal -- Reflections. |
NOTE |
This digital recording is licensed for private home use only. Any copying, reproduction, or public performance is a violation of the copyright law and is prohibited. |
Language note |
Original soundtrack option includes original English narration with original on camera dialogue in Khmer; Khmer soundtrack option includes Khmer narration voiced over original English narration with on camera dialogue in Khmer; optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean available for either soundtrack. |
General note |
Subtitle from container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009. |
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Accompanying booklet includes articles by Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin, an essay on the videoconference: Victims + perpetrators = survivors, and a guide to the DVDs' contents. |
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Disc 1 features include optional directors' commentary and filmmakers' extra commentary. |
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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Awards note |
Winner: Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival ; Grand Jury Award, Full Frame Film Festival ; Outstanding Documentary, Hong Kong Film Festival. |
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