Rithy Panh in Cannes again
He does it nearly every year: documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh is at the Cannes film festival with a new movie. This one is called ‘Maître des Forges de l’Enfer’ and is about Kaing Guek Eav, alias ‘Duch’. Long interviews before his trial.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 19/08/2009: Rithy PANH, Filmmaker, on day 61 at the trial at the ECCC of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, Director of S21 during the Khmer Rouge.
I have a few stories on my website related to this…
One is about Rithy Panh shooting ‘S21’…
The other is about Duch’s trial at the ECCC.
Oh, and a third one is about the that same trial’s background…
There is also the dummy of a book which still hasn’t found a publisher. You can download a pre-version in .pdf format here…
And remember: start of Case Nr 02 is supposed to be on June 27th… If the defendants are still alive that is…