S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
A harrowing documentary investigation into the machinery of genocide at S-21, seeking to understand how ordinary people became perpetrators of systematic mass murder.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Chum Mey
Himself (Survivor)
Khieu 'Poev' Ches
Himself (Guard)
Yeay Cheu
Herself - Him Houy's Mother
Nhiem Ein
Himself - Photographer
Houy Him
Himself - Security deputy
Ta Him
Himself - Him Houy's Father
Nhieb Ho
Himself - Guard
Prakk Kahn
Himself - the Torturer
Peng Kry
Himself - Driver
Som Meth
Himself - Guard
Vann Nath
Himself - Survivor
Top Pheap
Himself - Interrogator & Typist
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