Thursday, July 21
19:00
TWO EVENTS: "FACING GENOCIDE" AND "SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE"
@ Meta House - Cambodian German Cultural Center
A prominent member of the circle of leftist Khmer intellectuals studying in Paris in the 1950s, Khieu Samphan became one of the closest collaborators of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge "Head of State" Swedish filmmakers David Aronowitsch and Staffan Lindberg have followed him two years before his arrest in 2007 for their documentary FACING GENOCIDE (94 mins, 2010, English/English subs). It is is only screened at Meta House and features interviews with Theary Seng, Jacques Vergès and Khieu Samphan's wife. 8PM: Live recording (1969) of Hector Berlioz's "SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE." Sergui Celibidace conducts Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI. Admission Fee USD 2; Student pay 1 USD.
