Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Search for Truth Trumps Oscar Short-listed: Producer

Men Kimseng,
VOA Khmer, Washington, D.C
Tuesday, 25 January 201


When journalist Thet Sambath began a reporting project 10 years ago to learn answers about the Khmer Rouge from the cadre themselves, he never expected his work would lead to an Oscar short list.

But the documentary that resulted from his work, “Enemies of the People,” has now been short-listed among 14 other films for an Academy Award.

“It’s not the award that we are looking forward to,” he told “Hello VOA” on Monday. “Because I never dreamed of that. We only did it to show the truth, especially to encourage those were who involved in the killing to come out and tell the truth.”
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