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S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge
2003 · Film · documentary · 101 min
Directed by Rithy Panh
Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.
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"S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine"
It's a great documentary in its own way. It circles around the S21 Tuol Sleng prison/interrogation center/extermination center where a small cadre of Khmer Rouge soldiers were responsible for, mostly using torture, extracting a confession out of the prisoner. The names given during torture were picked up, and the cycle repeats. Entire generations of families went out this way.
Horrible, horrible event in history, and a chilling place to visit (I did a decade ago).
This documentary allows plenty of room for the guards/soldiers/torturers themselves to describe the events from their side. Which they do.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368954/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum