In one of the most compelling films to hold its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, archive footage shows an apparently amiable man dressed in black sitting for an ...

Towards the beginning of this massive biography, Short cautions readers against dismissing the terror of Pol Pot's regime as the incomprehensible work of evil men ...

First drawn to communism while studying in France during the 1950’s, Saloth Sar - better known as Pol Pot - is known as one of the most ruthless and despised leaders in modern history. This haunting ...

A few days before Saigon was overrun by the North Vietnamese in April 1975, Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, fell to the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s indigenous Communist forces led by Pol Pot. During the ...

Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better worl ... Read Full Article » ...

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