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
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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