S21 : the Khmer Rouge killing machine

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : First Run Features, 2002

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

S21 : the Khmer Rouge killing machine / directed by Rithy Pahn

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Additional Author/Creators:

Rithy Panh
First-Run Features (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Internet videos
Documentary films

Subjects:

Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977-1991
Torture--Cambodia
Political prisoners--Cambodia
Genocide--Cambodia
Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979

Description/Summary

Summary:

In 1975-79, almost two million Cambodians lost their lives to murder and famine when the Khmer Rouge forced the urban population into the countryside to fulfill their ideal of an agrarian utopia. The notorious detention center code-named 'S21' was the schoolhouse-turned prison where 17,000 men, women and children were tortured and killed, their "crimes" meticulously documented to justify their execution. In this award-winning documentary and astonishing historical document, survivor Vann Nath confronts his captors, some of whom were as young as 12 years old when they committed their atrocities.

Language:

English

Language Note:

In Khmer with English subtitles.

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (101 min.)

General Note:

Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 5, 2014).

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936566778902486

OCLC Number:

893212594