His book was published while the Khmer Rouge were still in power. He continued his work recording the stories of refugees who made it to the camps in Thailand and Vietnam. He was among the last foreigners forced to leave Phnom Penh. The film focuses on the Cambodians' struggle to reconstruct their shattered society in a climate of war and with limited resources.Īncient prophecy, Buddhist teachings, folklore and dreams provide a context for understanding the Cambodians' world view and the philosophies which guide their lives.Francois Ponchaud was a French Roman Catholic priest and missionary to Cambodia where he worked for over ten years. Website: SAMSARA documents the lives of the Cambodian people long troubled by war, and brings a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political turmoil.
covert operations on the Thai border to rebuild the Khmer Rouge army. manipulation of the Cambodia aid program and the beginning of U.S. Important section on the devastation that land mines have caused Cambodia's civilian population.ĭocuments U.S. Pilger and Monroe return to Cambodia before the 1993 U.N. peace plan.īy John Pilger and David Monroe, 1993, 60 minutes Pilger and Monroe expose the hypocrisy of western nations twisting Cambodia's arm in the 1980's to accept the Khmer Rouge in the U.N. THE STONES CRY OUT: A Cambodian Childhoodīy John Pilger and David Monroe, 1991, 52 minutes SIDESHOW: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience
Website: English language independent newspaper published twice monthly. A history of Indochina since the fall of Saigon.įROM SIDESHOW TO GENOCIDE: Stories of the Cambodian HolocaustĮmail: A quarterly publication of the US-Indochina Reconciliation and Development Project
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