11/27 Cambodia, the Prince and the Prophecy @ Bophana

Saturday, November 27
4:00pm
@ Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center

Cambodia, the Prince and the Prophecy
A documentary by James G. Gerrand, 75 min, 1988, English Version

To understand contemporary Cambodia, this film delves to the roots of its culture and its conflicts: it looks back to the impact of colonization by France and the struggle for independence in Indochina after the Second World War, the fears and the response to the thrust of their Vietnamese neighbors. It explores the years of Prince Norodom Sihanouk's rule, his juggle for peace, his charisma and contradictions and follows the Prince's overthrow, and traces Cambodia's destruction during the five years of war before Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge came to power and launched their revolution.