Posted in cambodge, cambodia, christianity, cinema on Jun 19th, 2015
A tidbit courtesy Silong Chhun.
In the 1980s and 1990s, there were weren't so many books and films about contemporary Southeast Asia in the West.
To be considered a scholar of Cambodian history, the first step was to simply read everything on the topic. And there wasn't that much explicitly about the ...
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Posted in cinema, music, news on Jan 12th, 2014
I'd really had no idea to expect such a huge crowd.
But 'Don't Think I've Forgotten' didn't disappoint the standing-room-only audience.
Don't Think I've Forgotten: The Story of Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll from Daniel Littlewood on Vimeo.
There was laughter, more often tears. Some from me.
Many of the surviving people featured ...
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Kalyanee Mam is 'barnstorming' though Cambodia, showing the amazing documentary film 'A River Changes Course' at numerous locations, and is raising money for *more* screenings.
https://rally.org/ariverchangescourse / http://youtu.be/cIHgw5mr8q0
I had the good fortune to see the film at a packed screening at Meta-House last evening.
(Above: talk at Meta-House last night).
I had missed ...
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I was tired. I was hungry. I had lots of other things to do.
But wild horses couldn’t have kept me away from this year’s FilmCamp.
Like the label says: it’s a meeting of film enthusiasts. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
I’d first encountered the organizers ‘Kon Khmer Koun Khmer’ at their amazing ‘Golden ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cinema on Feb 16th, 2012
Spotted at Lux Cinema. This is why I carry a camera phone.
(Num Pow is a cooked bun with meat inside, also seeming to be the name of the monster.)
Very rough translation:
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Sentiment, Love, Funny – Fright, Horrific, Gooseflesh
Devil worm is killed by bad smell in NUM POW
Funny – NUM POW ...
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