@ New Meta House - Cambodian German Cultural Center
#37 Sothearos Blvd. opposite of Buildbright / Phnom Penh centre
Tuesday Nov. 16, 19:00
The first documentary film (1979, 90min) after the Khmer Rouge was shot by famous GDR filmmakers Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann.
The scenes filmed during spring 1979 are part of history: Phnom Penh left to rampant nature, heaps of skulls and destroyed faces. The reports from the survivors are moving and harrowing. Heynowski/Scheumann belonged to the few GDR filmmakers that attracted interest from abroad. Modeling themselves on the tradition of Soviet film pioneer Dziga Vertov, they perceived documentary films as an instrument of political intervention.
Also screening: THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN by US director Steven Okazaki (2008, 26mins)
