There is greater significance to the film than simply fact-checking a dictator’s fabulist narrative. While he was in power from 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot’s regime brutally suppressed intellectuals ...

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The chances of bringing Khmer Rouge guerrilla chief Pol Pot to justice may have evaporated with the violent collapse of the fragile coalition government over the weekend. Search Subscribe ...

Rithy Panh's return to the Killing Fields with Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot, a movie that spotlights the importance of today's conflict journalists. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Brings Together Fact, Fiction, and Figurines for a Look at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. Director Rithy Panh includes elements culled from years of research as well as from his own ...

Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge government implemented policies—forced labor, resettlements, torture, starvation—that led to the death of 1.7-to-3 million people, or at least ...

Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge government implemented policies – forced labor, resettlements, torture, starvation – that led to the death of 1.7-to-3 million people, or at ...

On April 17,1975, a hardline Communist command led by Pol Pot swept into Phnom Penh and overthrew the US-backed military government of General Lon Nol. The Khmer Rouge went on to write the darkest ...

“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.

Exclusive: Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker Rithy Panh returns with a project about journalists who began to question the country's most infamous leader.

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 ...