Pol Pot almost never spoke to journalists, and rarely, if ever, told the truth about his background. In the 1977 conversation, he paints a humble picture of his childhood – saying he grew up the ...

Pol Pot, mastermind of the 1975-79 "killing fields" regime that led to more than a million deaths, was captured by the guerrilla faction that had broken with him after a violent split in the ...

A Cambodian girl looks at images of Khmer Rouge victims displaying at Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime’s notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, March 26, 2015.

The new film “Meeting with Pol Pot” centers on three imagined French visitors to Democratic Kampuchea, the name for Cambodia during the savage communist regime of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.

Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot may not walk totally fresh ground for Panh, but there is real power in one filmmaker’s dedication to re-examining real world horror from many angles over many years.

The genocidal regime, led by the infamous Communist and ethnonationalist Pol Pot, ruled the nation from 1975 to 1979 — and the damage that it inflicted continues to shape Cambodia to this day.

Ieng Thirith, the sister-in-law of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, died on Saturday, nearly five years after she was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Cambodia's U.N.-backed ...

Home Film Documentary ‘Pol Pot Dancing’: Cambodia’s Dictator Tried To Wipe Out Classical Dance, But His Foster Mom Saved It – Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival ...

"Meeting with Pol Pot," which is Cambodia's official submission for the 97th Academy Awards, debuted in the Cannes Premiere section at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. It stars Irène Jacob ...