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A Cambodian Spring (2016)

A Cambodian Spring poster
Directed by
Christopher Kelly
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows a community in Phnom Penh fighting against forced eviction due to a development project at a lake. It shows the protestors organizing and clashing with authorities over their homes and land.

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What happens

A Cambodian Spring is a 2016 British documentary film directed and produced by Christopher Kelly, focusing on a conflict over plans to develop the Boeung Kak lake in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The film premiered under the title The Cause of Progress at the 2016 Sheffield DocFest. It also showed at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto, Canada in May 2017. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 18 May 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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