DUCH: Masters of the Forges from Hell
(2023, original release: 2011)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
First Run Features, 2011
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1129720
LANGUAGE
Khmer
NOTES

Title from title frames

From Rithy Pahn, director of the notorious documentary S21: the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, comes his searing follow-up: Duch: Master of the Forges of Hell. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the death of nearly 2 million people - a quarter of the Cambodia population. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, directed both the M13 and S21 centers where tens of thousands of people were tortured and executed. He is the first Khmer Rouge leader to be brought before an international criminal justice court; he was found guilty and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Panh films an incredible, horrifying in-depth interview with Duch, who candidly talks about his ascension in the Khmer Rouge party, and his involvement in the mass murder of his fellow Cambodians. As The Hollywood Reporter said, Panh's film is "likely one of the most elaborate discussions with someone responsible for mass genocide."

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by First Run Features in 2011

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In French

Additional Credits