
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit the throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man Nuon Chea, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before s... (Full plot summary below)
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The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit the throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man Nuon Chea, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath's work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia's tragedy.
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| Time OutDerek AdamsThis is patient, persistent, probing and fearless journalism of the highest order and it shocks to the core. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelA powerful personal quest, the first film to show living perpetrators of genocide from the highest policymaker down through the administrator and the lowest killer. |
| About.comJennifer MerinOne of the year's best documentaries. Sambath's refinement in revealing the tragedy and epic brutality of Cambodia's killing fields makes the story all the more shocking and heartbreaking. You must see this movie! |
| Shared DarknessBrent SimonThis documentary centering around the Khmer Rouge's Nuon Chea is a sobering reminder that amorality can indeed not only exist but also apparently thrive in a vacuum. |
| Time OutEric HynesRestraint is precisely what makes this quietly harrowing documentary, composed mostly of interviews with former Khmer Rouge henchmen, so uncommonly devastating. |
| Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyAs if the subject matter weren't disconcerting enough, Daniel Pemberton's music is positively eerie. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinHow the genial Sambath remains so circumspect throughout his taut sessions with Chea is remarkable, as is so much of this must-see exposé. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesA patient filmmaker gets his historic interview |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersIntense and harrowing, Sambath's documentary will pin you to your seat. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerA powerful, well made documentary that serves as an important historical record, though it's understandably devastating to watch. |