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New Year Baby What does it take to heal? Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing anything about her family's past. She journeys to Cambodia to discover the secrets of how her family came together during the Khmer Rouge period. She finds that what her parents hid in shame also proves…    more      Rice People This visually stunning character-driven drama from director Rithy Pan tells the simple, powerful story of a family of Cambodian rice farmers who struggle to get by after the death of the head of the family…    more      S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Attempting to make peace between Cambodian torture survivors and the Khmer Rouge soldiers who brutalized them, the documentary S21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE takes a close-up look at the the prison camps where this disturbing chapter of history took place in the mid-1970s. Using firsthand accounts from both victims and soldiers…    more      Sentenced Home NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM" Picked for broadcast on PBS's famed Independent Lens series, SENTENCED HOME is a gripping documentary exploration that humanizes the United States' tragically flawed immigration policy. Full Synopsis: This wrenching and emotionally…    more      Sentenced Home - Download NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM" Sentenced Home is a gripping documentary exploration that humanizes the United States' tragically flawed immigration policy. It follows the story of 3 Cambodian-American immigrants living in Seattle (who came as children in the…    more