'Enemies of the People' Won the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Prize

ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, won the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary for their watershed account of Cambodian history and a quest for closure on one of the worlds darkest episodesIn the documentary. In the film, former Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, known as Brother Number Two, for the first time gives details how he and Pol Pot decided to kill party members they considered to be Enemies of the People. Thet Sambath, the journalist who produced the 93-minute film, says he met with Nuon Chea on the weekends for five years before Mr. Nuon agreed to give testimony.

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• Voice of America
• VOA
• Khmer
• Cambodia
• Khmer Rouge
• Enemies of the People
• Thet Sambath
• Rob Lemkin
• Sundance Film Festival 2010

[voakhmerservice]

There will be many more film competitions in the United States. The producers of the documentary say they are planning to release it on DVD but don't know exactly when.

[enemiesofthepeople09]

Enemies of the People is released on 2-disc special edition with over 5 hours of extra on the 31st October 2011. It will be available to purchase on Amazon and the Enemies of the People website. It is also available to download on iTunes now.

[Cougman1978]

guy at 1:10 he looks very strong indian.

[DarthV87]

This is great.

[sinfinitii]

I saw this today....standing ovation to Rob Lemkin & Thet Sambath and prayers to all the survivors & the survivors' families of the Khmer Rouge regime

[andersonboi]

Rob Lemkin is my uncle, going to see the premier in london with the family :)

[bongrak]

Yes I want to see it too. Can someone post it on Youtube :)

[orntheary]

Can't wait for the dvd cut

[teamkvs]

when is this coming out?