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New Year Baby

Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In New Year Baby, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth about her family's past.

Series

Independent Lens, Global Voices

Premiere Date

May 27, 2008

Length

74 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In New Year Baby, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and to find out why her family's history had been buried in secrecy for so long.