Cambodian Oscar Contender Aims to Convey History Lesson

Cambodia recently got a boost when one of its movies was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. The Missing Picture is the first Cambodian film to be nominated for an Oscar.  Set during the Khmer Rouge rule of the 1970’s, it uses clay figures to tell the story of a family and a nation gripped by genocide. “Personally, I’m very happy for me and my team, but now, if I watch what people write on social networks, people are very proud, it’s the first...

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