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S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine
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  • Summary: In 1975-79, the Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of genocide on Cambodia?s population. 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives to famine and murder as the urban population was forced into the countryside to fulfill the Khmer Rouges' dream of an agrarian utopia. In S21, Panh brings two survivors back to the notorious Tuol Sleng prison (code-named "S21"), now a genocide museum where former Khmer Rouge are employed as guides. (First Run Features)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    The result is a history lesson both invaluable and horrific.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    Yet S21, unlike many documentaries about the Nazi era, isn't a sickening panorama of brutality. Shot on video, it's quiet and intimate.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    60
    This is clearly not a pleasant film to watch on many levels.

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