About the filmmakers:

Dara Duong: (Producer/Director/Camera)

Ganjana Ngamsnit & Nuansi Ngamsnit (Co-producers/NLE editors)

Ganjana and Nuansi Ngamsnit are twin Thai-American filmmakers living in Seattle. Born to a Thai father and an American Peace Corp mother, they grew up in Bangkok's international expat community, attended Thai public schools and spent their summers in the rural villages of Northeast Thailand. In 2004 the sisters started Rickshaw Studios to produce meaningful and socially engaging films. Searching For The Truth is their second documentary about Cambodia.

Searching For The Truth: My True Story

Film Description

A powerfully moving, personal investigation, Searching For The Truth: My True Story chronicles a survivor’s journey to understand the deaths of three million Cambodians killed by the Khmer Rouge regime. Will the truth ever be known? Dara Duong travels back to Cambodia to find out why the Khmer Rouge tortured and killed their own people.

He tracks down two former Khmer Rouge leaders, and confronts them on film. Their responses are contrasted with personal accounts by other survivors, still struggling with the consequences of the Khmer Rouge’ brutal policies.

Pol Pot escaped justice and passed away in 1998. To this day, other Khmer Rouge leaders have not been tried for their crimes against humanity. Through first hand accounts, archival footage, and the re-enactment of the 1972 murder of his father, Dara Duong gives eloquent testimony on behalf of his country, and demands justice.

Filmed in Washington State and Cambodia.

Documentary 20 minutes. NTSC. DVD. 2006. Not Rated.

In English and Cambodian with English subtitles.

This film is suitable for educators, libraries, human rights, community groups and concerned citizens.

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