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Cambodian film up for Oscar

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The documentary “The Conscience of Nhem En” is up for an Oscar this year; it is about a young soldier during the Khmer Rouge who took photos of thousands of people before they were tortured and killed.

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