Meta-House: TONITE, 7PM: KAMPUCHEA / DEATH AND REBIRTH
Dear META HOUSE friends,Parallel to the hearing of DUCH (the former chief of the Khmer Rouge
detention
center S-21) we are screening this week (until Saturday) the best
documentaries that
deal with the Khmer Rouge genocide and its legacy (such as TERROR'S
ADVOCATE, DEACON
OF DEATH, NEW YEAR'S BABY amm.)
Tonight we want to invite you for KAMPUCHEA - DEATH AND REBIRTH (7PM). The
first
film shot after Khmer Rouge (by GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann) is not
only a
very valuable documentation of the horrors and atrocities of the KR
period, but also
shows the first steps in rebuilding a devastated country.
Please come tonite or in the following days. Program details are listed
below.
Entrance is free. Food and drinks available. All the best from Meta House,
Lydia/Nico & the team
*
WED, 18/02, 7 PM DEACON OF DEATH
Emotional Khmer-Rouge-Doc by Jan van den Berg and Willem van den Put. Sok
Chea, a
victim of the Khmer Rouge regime, seeks the confrontation with the man
whom she
keeps responsible for the assassination of her family, twenty-five years
ago. The
film contributes to the discussion concerning the impact of the KR regime.
(NL,
2004, 65min)
THUR, 19/02, 7 PM TERROR'S ADVOCATE
Powerful documentary by Barbet Schroeder on the controversial lawyer
Jacques Vergès,
who has defended Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and super-terrorist Carlos
"The
Jackal". His latest case brings Vergès to Cambodia. (2007, 135min)
FRI, 20/02, 6PM KHMER IN THE DIASPORA
After 25 years of attempting to live a "normal American life," the parents
of female
filmmaker Socheata Poeuv revealed a shocking family secret that would draw
them all
back to Cambodia. Pouev's excellent doc NEW YEARS BABY (2006, 80min) is
screened at
6PM in Khmer, at 7PM in English – followed by SEASONS OF MIGRATION about
the work of
Cambodian choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro (Khmer Arts Academy).
SAT, 21/02, 7 PM KING SIHANOUK's MOVIES
MH presents two feature films by former King Sihanouk: His most important
work
SHADOW OVER ANGKOR from 1968 (7PM) uncovers an international plot to
topple the
Cambodian government. Not long after the release of this film, which
pointed out the
failure of the U.S. sponsored plot, President Nixon ordered
round-the-clock bombing
of the country. ROSE OF BOKOR (1969) (8.30PM) deals with the Japanese
invasion in
World War 2.
SUN, 22/02, 7PM GERMAN AID FOR CAMBODIA
Cambodia is a partner country for the German development cooperation.
Priority areas
are rural development and support for the health system. Cross-cutting tasks
include: fostering democracy, civil society, public administration and good
governance. Filmmaker Nico Mesterharm and international colleagues
followed various
German aid projects (by GTZ PSP and others) in Cambodia.
posted by Jinja @ 12:01 PM
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