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Abstract / Summary

Actors Roeun Narith and Morm Sokly in “Photographs from S-21” by Catherine Filloux; directed by Thenn Nan Doeun, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2001. Photographs by Mak Remissa.Two photos come to life in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. They are a young Cambodian woman and man whose photos were taken by the Khmer Rouge right after removing their blindfolds, moments before their execution.PHOTOGRAPHS FROM S21 has been produced extensively in venues around the world."Photographs From S-21, by French-American playwright Catherine Filloux subtly challenges the audience to question its own role as consumers, and curators, of tragedy." - Maura Nguyen Donohue, Flash Review DispatchPublished by Playscripts http://www.playscripts.com/play/220"Rhetorical Memory, Political Theater, and the Traumatic Present-MEDIA REVIEW" by Wendy S Hesford, published by Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy, available here: http://catherinefilloux.com/articles/Hesford1.pdf

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Publisher

Alexander Street Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 by Mak Remissa

Content Type

Photograph

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0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

26

Publication Year

2014

Publisher

Playscripts

Place Published / Released

New York, NY

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Individual and Groups Rights, Transitional Justice, Cambodia Khmer Rouge Regime (1975-1979), Cambodian, Executions, Genocide, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, The Arts, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Justicia Transicional, Justiça Transicional, Camboya, Camboja, Khmer Rouge, Cambodia, Cambodian, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Justicia Transicional, Justiça Transicional, Camboya, Camboja