

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine(2003)
Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.


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S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge
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Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.
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2003-05-17
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7.4
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