
7PM: Winner of the “Sundance Film Festival” and many other awards, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE (2009, 93 mins, Khmer with English subs) is probably the best documentary about the Khmer Rouge. It is a personal journey into the heart of darkness by Khmer journalist Thet Sambath, whose family was wiped out in the Killing Fields. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man Noun Chea, Sambath records shocking testimony never heard before. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia's tragic past. Tickets sell for 5 USD. One drink included. Khmer students receive a 50% discount.
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