S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine:
The Human Rights Watch Collection

A film by Rithy Pahn

101 minutes, Color, 2003, Khmer w/ English subtitles

DVD Format

In 1975-79, almost two million Cambodians lost their lives to murder and famine when the Khmer Rouge forced the urban population into the countryside to fulfill their ideal of an agrarian utopia.

The notorious detention center code-named 'S21' was the schoolhouse-turned prison where 17,000 men, women and children were tortured and killed, their "crimes" meticulously documented to justify their execution.

In this award-winning documentary and astonishing historical document, survivor Vann Nath confronts his captors, some of whom were as young as 12 years old when they committed their atrocities.

WINNER! International Human Rights Award 2004
WINNER! BEST DOCUMENTARY Chicago Int’l Film Festival & European Film Awards
WINNER! FRANÇOIS CHALAIS AWARD Cannes Film Festival

“A chilling, remarkable film. . . eloquent beyond words." - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

“As horrific an exposure to evil as Lanzmann's SHOAH.” - VILLAGE VOICE

“A fume of pure evil rises from this often quite terrifying documentary... moving and haunting.” - GUARDIAN (U.K.)

“A plainspoken powerhouse that makes you weep for humanity.” - NY NEWSDAY

“Shattering...won't soon be forgotten.” - TV GUIDE

Read the review in the LA Weekly.

Human Rights Watch annually endorses selected First Run titles that shed light on human rights abuses throughout the world.

DVD Special Features
Director Interview, Biography & Filmography • Cambodia: A Chronology • Human Rights Watch Film Notes• Trailer Gallery

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