Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia (1989)

Directed by

Ellen Bruno

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

29 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short documentary shows Cambodian people trying to rebuild their lives after the brutal rule of Pol Pot and the Killing Fields. It focuses on their daily existence and resilience.

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What happens

Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia is a 1989 short documentary film about the people of Cambodia rebuilding after being ruled by Pol Pot and being sent to the Killing Fields. The film was directed and produced by Ellen Bruno for her Stanford University master's thesis. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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