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Program of Screenings May 2010


Saturday, May 08- 04:00 pm (135mins)

With the permission of the director

Mobutu, King of Zaire
Documentary directed by Thierry Michel, 135 mins, English Version

Following two years of investigation, this documentary charts the amazing life of Mobutu. In November 1965, with help from the CIA, Mobutu seizes power of the Congo Belgian and renames it Zaire. He imposes fear and suppression on his people and becomes one of the world's most powerful and feared dictators. This release features director Thierry Michel's shocking feature film and TV series which tells of the King of Zaire's ambition and greed for power.

Saturday, May 15- 04:00 pm (52mins)

Boxkator
Produced by Perrier Daniel, 2009, 52 mins, Khmer Version

As the result of a fortuitous encounter in August, 2008 with San Kim Sean, one of the last great masters of Boxkator, Daniel Perrier has created a film about this art and "questions linked to the transmission and the formation of a new generation."
The history of Boxkator goes back to the Môn-Khmer period of the 9th century. Peasant farmers, the first "lion fighters," (Boxkator) drew their defense techniques from animal postures and gestures…

Saturday, May 22- 04:00 pm (78mins)

With the permission of the director



Mysteries in the Archives
Documentaries directed by Serge Viallet, 78 mins, English version

Buffalo Bill 1910, 26 mins
Buffalo Bill was, by reputation, the greatest buffalo hunter of all time. His celebrity included a stint as cavalry scout for George Armstrong Custer, the general killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. But film of William F. Cody shot as early as 1894 and through 1916 presents another image of Buffalo Bill…

King of Yugoslavia Assassinated, 26 mins
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrives in the port of Marseille for an official visit to France. Several minutes later, he is shot point-black – killed by a Croatian nationalist opposed to his regime…

Live from the Moon, 26 mins
On July 22, 1969, man walked on the moon for the first time. About 600 millions people watched it live on television. In an incessant battle of technology and political nerve with the Soviets, media coverage of the Apollo 11 mission – including Neil Armstrong’s first steps – was closely prepared, orchestrated and produced by NASA from some 360,000 kilometers away…

Saturday, May 29- 04:00 pm (52mins)

HM Norodom Sihanouk is singing… and Arsina
Video clips with HM Norodom Sihanouk who is singing (30mins)

Arsina
Fiction directed by Norodom Sihanouk, 22 mins, 2006, Khmer version

Miss Arsina is a Khmer singer from France. She is slim and sings beautifully and sweetly. A high official who is good at courting the ladies comes to the hotel to seduce her with bunches of flowers.



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