A RIVER CHANGES COURSE
Cambodia 2012 – Director: Kalyanee Mam – Original language: English, Khmer – Subtitles: English – Length: 83 min.
„We’re no longer afraid of wild animals and ghosts. Now, we’re afraid of people cutting down the forests.”
A RIVER CHANGES COURSE uses beautiful, quiet images to express the consequences of globalisation in three different regions of Cambodia and on three different protagonists, families and ethnicities. The passage of time is something they must all come to terms with. It affects the children above all. Should the next generation continue with their parents’ traditional lifestyle? Or should they go to the city and seek their livelihoods as day labourers in the textile factories owned by big Chinese and American corporations? The debt crisis, food safety issues, environmental scandals and the consequences of globalisation are seen here from an unusual perspective. A touching debut film from the prize-winning camerawoman, Kalyanee Mam. Silvia Bauer
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Camera: Kalyanee Mam. Sound: Zach Martin, Angie Yesson. Editing: Chris Brown. Music: David Mendez. Production: xxxx. Producer: Ratanak Leng, Kalyanee Mam.
