Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge murders - Timothy Williams
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From 1975 to 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating a genocide that killed one fourth of the country’s population. Roughly one million people were executed as suspected political enemies or due to their ethnicities, and another million died of starvation, disease, or overwork. How did this happen? Timothy Williams details the rise of the Khmer Rouge.
Some former Khmer Rouge claim to be victims themselves, even though they were also part of the system of violence. How do they justify this claim?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Timothy Williams
- Director Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Narrator Safia Elhillo
- Music Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer Nirana Singh, cAMP Studio
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Soraya Field Fiorio
- Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam
