The First Witness, known as THE FIRST, is a short documentary film narrated by Ho Van Tay, a member of the Vietnamese Journalists League, who was invited by Pol Pot and leng Sary to tour and record by photographs and video select Cambodian sites during the reign of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979). After the Khmer Rouge collapsed in January 1979, Ho Van Tay had the opportunity to discover the infamous Phnom Penh prison S-21, where he and his comrade, Dinh Phong witnessed the aftermath of the horrors that were perpetrated there. The film also references Cambodia’s first archivist, Yin Nean, who at some personal risk embarked on an effort to locate and preserve the official archives of the Khmer Rouge regime for the benefit future generations of Cambodians and as a testimony for the world of the mass atrocities committed by the regime.
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GENOCIDE EDUCATION IN CAMBODIA: DCCAM Interview with Khmer Rouge Survivor, Pheoun Chhres Mean
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The Queen Mother Library: Young Researchers
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Kampong Cham Documentation Center: Kae Prae (Re-education) Dam
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Stung Treng Documentation Center: Research Forum for Youths on the History of Democratic Kampuchea
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Stung Treng Documentation Center: Access to Health and Social Services for Khmer Rouge survivors
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Hill Tribes Memory Community Center: DCCAM Interview with Khmer Rouge Survivor, Tran Savoeun
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The Urn Library: Ashes Remembered, How a Hidden Library Reunited a Family Torn by War. Taing Rinith.
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Queen Mother Library: The Visitors.
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Queen Mother Library: Youth’s Impression on the visit at the Queen Mother Library.
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Queen Mother Library: Cambodian Young Researchers.
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DC-CAM GENOCIDE EDUCATION: Cambodian Reconnaissance Team
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Stung Treng Documentation Center: The Monsoon Rains, Borei O’Svay-Sen Chey district