Academy Doc Series Examines Cambodian People’s Hopes and Struggles
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Academy Doc Series Examines Cambodian People’s Hopes and Struggles
Beverly Hills, CA – “Born Sweet” and “Enemies of the People” will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 9, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed and produced by Cynthia Wade, “Born Sweet” follows Vinh, a 15-year-old boy as he contends with severe arsenic poisoning in a small Cambodian village, but uses karaoke to keep his spirit alive.
For Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath, who directed and produced “Enemies of the People” with Rob Lemkin, the terror his country endured under the Khmer Rouge struck close to home with the deaths of friends and family members.
Haunted by these losses, he has spent the intervening years bringing the brutal truth behind Cambodia’s history to light. Sambath and Lemkin will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening. (more…)