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*If an entry in the list below does not show a location, the title is housed in the Instructional Media Library.
These titles may only be viewed in the Media Library or checked out for classes through your department.
FILMS:
a.k.a. Don Bonus / produced and directed by Spencer Nakasako.
National Asian American Telecommunications (distributor), 1995
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 55 min.
A self portrait of 18 year-old Sokly "Don Bonus" Ny, a young Cambodian immigrant, during his senior year in high school. Shot
by Ny himself, his complicated life is reflective of the struggles many young immigrants growing up in America experience and
of America itself growing up in the 90's.
Among the disappeared: A Cambodian survivor remembers / [produced by] Four Square Productions, Canada [and] Crest Entertainment,
Singapore; writer, Maggie Siggins; director, Guo Fangfang. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), 2002
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white sequences; sound; 44 min.
When he was a young child, Kodaim Ear's parents and three sisters died under the Khmer Rouge. Kodaim and his grandfather fled Cambodia to
Thailand and finally Canada. Now an adult, Kodaim returns to Cambodia to 'face the demons' of his past. Along with Kodaim's personal story,
this compelling documentary traces the history of Cambodia from the reign of King Sihanouk, through Lon Nol and the Khmer Rouge, culminating in
the country's downward spiral into mayhem and genocide.
The Angry skies: A Cambodian journey / Rampage Films production; a film by Alan Scott-Moncrieff; directed by Blake Kerr.
(SRLF)
[London, England?]: Rampage Films Ltd.; New York, NY: Cinema Guild (distributor), 2003
1 videocassette; color; sound; 60 min.
As Cambodia prepares to establish an international tribunal to try those responsible for the Khmer Rouge genocide, Dr. Blake Kerr interviews
survivors of the S21 torture center, many of whom still fear for their lives. Traveling into the hinterlands, he attempts to meet the last
remaining architects of the Khmer Rouge regime, who continue to wield great influence. The film shows us how Western foreign policy has been complicit
in Cambodia's suffering.
Cambodia and Laos: Vietnam: A Television history / Martin Smith and Richard Ellison.
Boston: WGBH Video (distributor), 1983
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 60 min.
Series: The American experience
American involvement in these two countries began in 1961, when President Kennedy sent in teams of U.S. Special Forces to aid
guerrillas against the Laotian communists and their North Vietnamese allies, and continued through the resultant 1975 communist
Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodia. When the Khamer Rouge defeated the American-backed government of Lon Nol in 1975, an estimated
two million peasant refugees faced starvation, terror and eventually slaughter. Volume 5 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam
War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many
military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but
intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Peace at Hand (1968-1973)).
Cambodia: The Betrayal / produced by David Munro, Central Independent Television. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), [1991?]
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 52 min.
Series: Award winning films and videos
Investigative filmmakers David Munro and John Pilger were the first to expose the holocaust that Pol Pot wreaked on the Cambodian people. In
this film, they expose the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only
has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, but the United States, Germany, England, and Sweden have been secretly
selling him weapons for use in the Cambodian civil war.
Cambodia: The Land of silence / produced, directed and photographed by Jakob Gottschau. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), [2004?]
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 28 min.
In the 1970s, Cambodia suffered a brutal genocide. In this documentary, we hear from those who lost their families as well as from former
guards who performed executions. Though some perpetrators have apologized, many victims say that an apology is not enough. The Institute for
Social Development seeks to reconcile the two sides, while the Documentation Centre seeks evidence to prosecute Khmer Rouge crimes and to
preserve historical materials for the education of future generations.
Cambodia: Year ten / a special report by John Pilger. (SRLF)
Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993
1 videocassette (VHS); color with black and white sequences; sound
On Cambodian history, from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Cambodia's children: Investing in their future / Steven Griffiths and Ian Gill. (SRLF)
Metro Manila: Information Office, Asian Development Bank, 1996
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 11 min.; in English and Khmer, with English subtitles
Cambodia had to start from scratch after two decades of war and devastation. In the education sector the problems were immense:
an acute shortage of teachers since many had been killed under the Khmer Rouge regime, inadequate classrooms, an antiquated
curriculum and a dearth of teaching materials. With the help of the international community, Cambodia is rebuilding from the
bottom up, targeting the primary school sector in an effort to increase literacy and reduce the drop-out rate.
Dancing through death: The Monkey, magic & madness of Cambodia / a film by Janet Gardner. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), 1999
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 56 min.
Series: Award winning films and videos
Thavro Phim came of age under the Pol Pot regime and lost his father, brother, and grandfather to the Khmer Rouge. What kept him whole after
the ordeal was his Buddhist faith and dedication to Cambodian classical dance. We follow Thavro from California back to Cambodia for a
bittersweet reunion with his family and teachers. The film takes us back to the late 1970s, when 90 percent of Cambodian dancers were executed
or died of starvation or disease.
Fear and hope in Cambodia / a video by Isabelle Abric; produced by the United Nations. (YRL; in process for SRLF)
New York: First Run/Icarus Films (distributor), 1993
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 59 min.
Narrated by ordinary citizens and international military, this documentary recounts the history of Cambodia from the signing of the Paris Peace
Agreement to elections and a new constitution. It also includes rare footage of massacres and human rights abuses.
The Flute player / a film by Jocelyn Glatzer. (SRLF; lost)
Boston: Over the Moon Productions, 2003
1 videocassettte (VHS); color; sound; 53 min.
Arn Chorn-Pond, a survivor of Cambodia’s Killing Fields, faces the dark shadows of his war-torn past as he fights to save
Cambodia’s one outlawed traditional music.
Inside Pol Pot’s secret prison / written by Greg Dehart and Bill Brummel. (YRL; in process for SRLF)
New York, N.Y.: A & E Television Networks; New Video (distributor), 2002
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; ca. 50 min.
Series: History undercover
Led by a former schoolteacher named Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime killed between 15 and 40 percent of the Cambodian population in a brutal
attempt to transform the nation into a classless society. At the heart of this orchestrated campaign of terror was a death camp known by the
code name S-21. Thousands of prisoners entered, but only seven survived. Interviews with former guards and two survivors paint a picture of
unspeakable horrors.
An Introduction to medical care in the United States.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 14 min.; in Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese
Series: Basics for consumers
Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, divided into two major sections. Part 1 describes how to get
medical help from various health care facilities, such as doctors' offices, hospitals, emergency rooms, free clinics, and
dentists' offices. Part 2 covers the services offered by local county health clinics, with special emphasis on tuberculosis
treatment.
Kelly loves Tony / Spencer Nakasako.
1998, National Asian American Telecommunications (distributor), 1998
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 57 min.
A video diary by Kelly Saeteurn and Tony Saelo. Kelly's family is Iu Mien refugees from Laos and she is the first of her family
to graduate high school, she plans to attend college. Kelly has an "American Dream" of graduating college and becoming
successful, she is also pregnant. As a pregnant teenager her dream will be that much harder to achieve. Tony is a Kelly's
boyfriend; he is a junior high drop out and an ex-con. The couple met three months earlier at the shopping mall. This video
diary offers a glimpse into the lives of the two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of such
obstacles as parenthood, gender issues, cultural differences, and educational differences.
The Killing fields / David Puttnam; directed by Roland Joffe.
Warner Home Video (distributor), 1984
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 142 min.
Set in war torn Cambodia after the 1975 capture of the Cambodian capital by the Khmer Rouge. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is
marked by horrible atrocities, which resulted in three million of Cambodia's seven million people losing there lives in the
"killing fields." This epic story of friendship, combat, and survival follows American journalists whose coverage of the war
nearly costs them their lives. They are saved by their Cambodian aide and translator, who sacrifices his own safety for his
American friends. Adapted from an article in The New York Times Magazine "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" by Sydney Schanberg.
The Last god king: The Life and times of Cambodia's Sihanouk / producer, director, writer, James Gerrand. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), [2000]
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 118 min.
Series: Award winning films and videos
In four exclusive interviews, King Norodin Sihanouk Varman of Cambodia looks back over fifty years of the highs and lows of Cambodia's struggle
for survival before, during, and after 'the killing fields.' Intertwined with the King's words are archival materials and the observations of
everyday Khmers, academics, critics, princes and rivals, staff members, and even the royal fortune teller.
Money, major purchases, housing and complaints.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 min.; in Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese
Series: Basics for consumers
Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, covering financial information refugees need to know.
Includes using a money order and a checking account, making a major appliance purchase, searching for housing, and expressing
complaints about purchases.
My Khmer heart / a film by Janine Hosking. (YRL; in process for SRLF)
Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema Limited, 2001
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 97 min.
This inspiring film follows the life and work of Australian Geraldine Cox, mother to orphaned children, who chooses to remain in Cambodia
despite the political and social upheavals of the late 1990s.
Un Paysan & une paysanne en de´tresse = Peasants in distress / Connoisseur Video Collection; La Socie´te´ Cambodgienne Nationale de
Cine´matographie; un film de Norodom Sihanook.
Los Angeles, CA: Connoisseur Meridian Films, 1994
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 75 min.; in Khmer and French, with English subtitles
A tale of love amid civil war, set in Cambodia in 1993. Two peasants give food to rebel soldiers. The commander of the rebels falls in love
with the young peasant woman. Jealous of his romance, another rebel soldier shoots a U.N. soldier, provoking hostilities.
Peace is at hand (1968-1973): Vietnam: A Television history / Martin Smith and Richard Ellison.
WGBH Video, 1983
Color; sound; 60 min.
Series: The American experience
While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more
than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed. Volume 5 in this 7 volume series on
the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American
thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this
controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Cambodia and Laos).
Pol Pot: A Man of genocide / written and directed by Peter Hercombe.
[Chicago?]: Home Vision Entertainment, 2000
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white; sound; 52 min.
Series: The Red masters
Pol Pot, one of the century’s most blood-thirsty dictators, is presented through interviews and archival footage in this video portrait in
terror. In his ruthless determination to build a communist state, he led a genocide that killed more than a million Cambodians.
The Road from Kampuchea / directed by Anne Henderson. (YRL; in process for SRLF)
New York, N.Y.: First Run/Icarus Films (distributor), 1998
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 44 min.
This film tells the dramatic story of Cambodian ex-soldier and landmine survivor Tun Channareth, the co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace
Prize. Also includes young dancers using movements from Khmer traditional dance to perform the ‘dance of the landmines.’
S-21: The Khmer Rouge killing machine / INA and ARTE France present un film de Rithy Panh. (YRL; in process for SRLF)
New York, N.Y.: First Run/Icarus Films (distributor), 2003
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white sequences; sound; 105 min.
In this award-winning documentary, Vann Nath, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, returns to the Tuol Sleng prison to confront his former
captors in the converted schoolhouse where he was tortured.
Samsara / a film by Ellen Bruno.
Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.: Samsara Film Library, 1989
1 video cassette (VHS); color; sound; 29 min.
Documents the suffering, loss, and rebirth of the Cambodian people in the aftermath of the take over of Cambodia by Pol Pot and
the Khmer Rouge revolutionary forces and the subsequent invasion of Cambodia by Viet Nam.
Samsara : death and rebirth in Cambodia / Ellen Bruno.
Samsara Film Library, 1989
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 29 min.
A document of the lives of the Cambodian people long troubled by war, and brings a humanistic perspective to a country in deep
political turmoil. The film focuses on the Cambodians' struggle to reconstruct their shattered society in a climate of war and
with limited resources. Ancient prophecy, Buddhist teachings folklore and dreams provide a context for understanding the
Cambodians' world view and the philosophies which guide their lives.
Shopping for the family: Clothing and personal care.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 20 min.; in Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese
Series: Basics for consumers
Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, designed to teach refugees about shopping for clothing and
personal care items, such as soap, cream, lotion, shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste. Emphasizes the need to check and compare
prices and quality, and to seek advice on clothing and product usage.
Shopping for the family: Food.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 min.; in Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese
Series: Basics for consumers
Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, introducing the refugee to the American food market. Covers
concepts such as types of packaging, content labels, unit pricing, and quantity buying. Emphasizes comparing prices and quality,
and introduces the concept of choice by showing the wide variety of products available in the American supermarket.
Southeast Asia I: Vietnam, Cambodia / JVC - Victor Company of Japan.
Rounder Records (distributor), 1990
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 50 min.
Series: JVC video anthology of world music and dance
Demonstrations of Vietnamese and Cambodian music and dance: Water puppet play; Sao - bamboo flute, with ensemble; Saranai
(shawm) and trong ki nang (drum); Roneat - xylophone, with flat gongs; Sao phong tieu (flute), t'rung (xylophone), and angklung
(bamboo tubes); Dan tranh - zither ensemble: "Treo len nui thien thai" ("Climbing Mount Thien Thai"); Folk song with dance:
"Ngoi tua man thuyen" ("Reclining on the side of a boat"); Folk instruments performance; Saranai (shawm), trong bara nung
(drums), and trong ki nang (small gong); Gong ensemble; Festival of the Gialai people; Apsara dance; Lakhon Bassac -
dance-drama; Folk instruments performance; Wedding ceremony. Study guide available.
Swimming to Cambodia / R.A. Shafransky; directed by Jonathan Demme.
Image Entertainment (distributor), 1987
1 videodisc (laser optical CLV); color; sound; 85 min.
Spaulding Gray weaves a hypnotic saga of his experiences in Southeast Asia during the making of the movie, "The Killing Fields."
Musical score by Laurie Anderson; directed by Jonathan Demme.
The Vietnam war / Visnews.
Films for the Humanities and Sciences (distributor), 1990
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 30 min.
The program begins in 1941 with Ho Chi Minh's U.S.-backed harassment of Japanese forces; it covers the war with the French; the
division of Indochina; the partitioning of Vietnam; the Geneva Conference; the unraveling of the South Vietnamese government
and the arrival of American advisors; the death of Ho and the role of Prince Sihanouk and Cambodia. It follows the escalation of
war, the evacuation of American forces, and the North's efforts to remove all traces of the South Vietnamese regime.
Your first American job.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 16 min.; in Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.
Series: Basics for consumers
Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, divided into two parts. Part 1 discusses important facts a
job seeker musk know, including educational training, search strategies, transportation, application, and interviewing
procedures. Part 2 explains important matters which arise as the job seeker becomes acquainted with a new work environment,
such as filling out necessary forms, and fulfilling responsibilities to employers.
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