Voices from the Killing Fields

Synopsis: The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Investigative journalist Thet Sambath spent a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats, to Pol Pot’s right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimonies never before seen or heard.

Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath’s work comes at a price. But this is a personal mission. He lost his parents and siblings in the Killing Fields, and on his journey to discover why his family died, the real story of Cambodia’s tragedy emerges. (125 minutes)
Series: True Stories, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 2011
Notes: Broadcast on C4 on 5/7/2011 in the True Stories series
Subjects: Geography; History; Politics & government
Keywords: Cambodia; Khmer Rouge; massacres; political geography; political ideology

Name: 4OD
Web: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od External site opens in new window

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