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Premiered: July 22, 2003 at 10PM EST | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Special Features

INTERVIEW

Documenting "Year Zero":
The Yale Cambodian Genocide Project

P.O.V. spoke with Ben Kiernan, founder of the CGP, about documenting the crimes of the Pol Pot regime. He told us why he's been called "vile and odious" by the Khmer Rouge, who've had him "tried" and "sentenced." As he points out, their own day in court is now approaching. | »

Arn Chorn-Pond, age 16

STUDIO SESSION

Conduct a Cambodian Ensemble

Did you know that Cambodian music is learned, taught, and performed entirely from memory? Turn up the volume, put on your headphones, and play with the sounds of a traditional Cambodian ensemble. | »

Conduct a Cambodian Ensemble

MUSIC GALLERY

Cambodian Master Performers

During the reign of the Khmer Rouge, 90 percent of the country's musicians, dancers, teachers and instrument makers were killed or made to disappear. Meet the last generation of surviving masters. | »

Master musician Kong Nai
Arn Chorn-Pond at S21 Khmer Rouge torture center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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