http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQxtfCz4B1o
On behalf of the Phnom Penh arts community and Khmer Exiled Americans we request the pleasure of your company at
Champions of Change, too
a V.I.P. dinner and award ceremony in honor of
“My Asian Americana” by Studio Revolt
2012 Winner of the Public Vote
For The White House “What’s Your Story” Video Challenge Contest
**Award presented by H.R.H. Soma Norodom
Monday April 2, 2012
VIP: 6pm- 7:30pm
Public: 7:30pm-9pm
Java Café & Gallery
56 Sihanouk Blvd
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(Dress code: formal)
Event sponsored by
Initiative on Asian American Deportations
and U.S. Department of Homeland inSecurity
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anida Yoeu Ali
www.studio-revolt.com
tel: +855-089-751-896 (Phnom Penh,Cambodia)
or tel +011-312-650-9638 (Chicago, IL USA)
March 28,2012
Award Ceremony in Phnom Penh Will Honor Video Win in White House Contest
White House officials have refused to acknowledge “My Asian Americana” as the official contest winners despite the video winning the highest public vote.
On Monday April 2, 2012 the Phnom Penh arts community in collaboration with Khmer Exiled Americans will host “Champions of Change, too” award ceremony at Java Café & Gallery. The event honors “My Asian Americana” a video created by Studio Revolt as the 2012 Winner of the Public Vote for the White House “What’s Your Story” Video Challenge Contest.
The event is a dinner and award ceremony with guests that include contest winners, local artists, dignitaries, and concerned citizens. H.R.H. Soma Norodom will preside over the ceremony, presenting awards to the recipients.
During the event, the filmmakers of Studio Revolt will disclose details regarding the White House’s mishandling of the contest and the administration’s attempt to silence the issue of deportations.
“My Asian Americana” video: http://studio-revolt.com/?p=305
Statement by the Studio Revolt filmmakers: http://studio-revolt.com/?cat=5
Detailed information will be provided to the press at the event.
“Champions of Change, too”
Monday April 2, 2012
6pm-9pm
Java Café & Gallery
56 Sihanouk Blvd
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(Dress code: formal)
RSVP to info@studio-revolt.com
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For additional information please contact Anida Yoeu Ali at studiorevoltmedia@gmail.com or by phone in Phnom Penh at +855-089-751-896 or in Chicago +011-312-650-9638. More info about our studio and other works can be found www.studio-revolt.com
35 comments:
You can't always have, what you want to have.
Therefore you should try to do your best to rebuild your new life.
The US immigration law is now very tough. It will be more deported back to Cambodia, to Vietnam and elsewhere around the world. European nations start already. France deported many African and Muslims.
Yoeu Ali and Miss Soma are going to make more photos on face-book, and Soma is going to put the real HRH Princess Bopha Devi, King's daughter to shame.
The Royal family that always receives much respect is ONLY British Royal Family. The members of the British Royal family are noble and they do not or never abuse the Royal Title.
The Title of Her/His Royal Highness (HRH) is for the prince or princess that close to the throne.
Khmer Royal family members are cheap. They always misused the title, just like Soma does. If she is a noble women has some class she would correct the ignorant people like Anida that she has no title of her HRH.
If you were white Americans you would not want these guys back.
Why would they?
These guys committed different levels of crimes when they should not have. Their return to America would never happen as the victims of their crimes would also fight to ensure they will never set foot in America again.
They should move on, get job and be productive in Cambodia instead of wasting their time trying to show off their questionable loyalty to America with the flag wrapping around their bodies.
I find it difficult to sympathize with their cause, could you imagine how much less the white Americans would be.
These guys had lived for a number of years in the US without trying to become American citizens and now all of a sudden they have so much patriotism for America?
Sorry, but it looks so fake to me!
All of them have thrown their coins into a bottomless hole!
It is too bad!
2:41 PM
If I were that guy I'd go to school in PP and study something that could help Cambodia and Khmers.
He claimed he is an artist/poet, but the vast majority disagree with him. He should be smart and try to adopt and adapt with the community, The community dislike his look (gangster) he should change.
It does not have to be White, even Black or Asian Americans 99% will not allow him to return to the US soil. Jesse Jackson is Black but he hates Gangs like that.
Sad that he chose the wrong avenue with the wrong crowd.
Very nice video. But, nothing going to change. You're disgrace to your family and Khmer peoples. Lucky you were send back to Cambodia rather than send back to the grave. You're ain't American, you're a Gangster have not place to call home that what you are.
Fuck your guys, you are 'KHMER' and want to be American. That's bullshit.
The rolling stones-
You can't always get what you want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIX0ZDqDljA
Stop whining because life goes on.
"Champion of Change". You want us all to be like Gansters? I hate rap!
Revolt, Revolt, seem to be the popular theme of the political wheels. Don't like something? Just start a Revolt. This world is heading for lawlessness.
I am so sicken tired to see your gangster video. What is your purpose any way, you think The White House will bring your gangsters back to America? Don't dream, and stop dreaming about it.
You're gangsters. Gangsters are TRASH. They don't want TRASH back.
Before the white house considers bringing gangsters back, they debate about what gangsters like you benefit America? Crimes, killing, drugs, stealing, rapping, lazy ass...etc benefit America?
Ask yourself did you do any good to benefit America and their communities.... NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AFTER TROUBLE.
You are lucky enough that America did not send you to HELL, GRAVEYARD.
Stop posting your notes or videos, and stop bagging to return...no way and it is ONLY ONE WAY. You burned your bridge and now you lost your only chance to live in The United State.
POUK AH CRIMINAL OSS NIRNG DESERVE TO BE DEPORTED BACK TO SROK KHMER AND GET BUTT RAPED BY AH KWACH MEN
All of the above comments are very good and very logical!
Theses lazy (former) criminals need to start getting jobs rather than doing nothing in Cambodia and depending on their relatives or friends in the US to send them money.
They are certainly a disgrace and shame for their family.
They caused so much trouble in America when they were here.
Just the way they talked and acted in the video you can tell they will be back on the street in America creating troubles again if allowed to return.
Move on, learn Khmer since you are Khmer to your shit and start getting a job like everybody else and stop begging to be allowed to come back.
Return to the US - Denied permanently!
A lot of khmer youths like gangster's lifestyle. More than 50% of khmer young men I know in America and Canada are behaving like gangsters. Education and hard work mean nothing to them. They act like blacks, talk like blacks yet have the penis size far smaller than the blacks. If I see these people in Cambodia, I would move away from them. The bitch in the video has her lastname as "Ali"? Sounds like she got banged by a muslim? That's a disgrace to the khmer race.
To the skeptics about Soma Norodom.
If her Father is Norodom Vatvani, his title was only HH or Neak Ang Rajavong. He was one of 11 children of Norodom Montana; Montana was a son of HH Norodom Monthonthanny;
Monthonthanay was a son of Norodom Doungchak and Chum Pathoum;
Norodom Doungchak titled was HRH; because his Father was King Norodom.
King Norodom had many concubines and he had 119 children: 53 makes and 66 females.
If so then King Norodom was a great-great grand father of Soma.
Why Soma name was not included in the Genealogy Khmer royal, no body knows.
If this Norodom Vatvani is her real father, then he has no descendants.
Why Soma name is not included, may be her family is no longer Royal that is why Henry Soszynski does not include her in it.
We don't know why Soma promoted herself to the rank of HRH when Norodom Vatvani is only HH.
This link to Norodom Vatvani:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/cambodia/i259.html#I259
They are no American. They should have respect the law. Don't get in troubles with the law. Finish school. Get a job and own a house. That's the American dream. Sorry, no sympathy for me.
Kosal Khiev grew up among the gangsters and he committed crimes.
Now he is mature he understood how important it is to be in a free and rich country like America.
Because of Cambodian govt' agreed with the US to take the deportees back that was why he and many more were deported. Vietnam agreed with the US in 2008 but when the US ready to deported there're no documents from Vietnam which means Vietnam will not take them back although they agreed to do so. It was bout 8000 of felony Viets're ready to be deported.
The Khmer deportees are lucky for not facing punishments like in Vietnam. The population rises nearly 100 millions many believe that Vietnam will execute all the deportees if in fact they're back.
Vietnam has a policy of killing people who do no good for the society.
Kosal Khive made wrong friends and some of his gangster friends still continue to destroy his life from the US by flattering him such as "Oh Kosal is genius and is awesome.." at his Youtube.
Kosal needs to wake up that he is no artist nor he is a poet, he is still a gangster to the vast majority people view at him. As long as he continue to let a few US's gangsters lead him, he will never receive support from his Khmer community.
As much as we want to help him, but his look no way.
to make for living let's pose sex online, deportees you're idiot and ugly as monkey. don't ever step in usa soil, you'll be shot to deat by the snipper.
Any appeal for a reversal of a deportation decision by INS would have to be done while the deportee is still present in the U.S. Once deported, there is almost zero hope for a reversal to bring the deported back to the U.S. Otherwise, many of the deported Mexicans and Muslims will all file for returning to the U.S. Americans do not want that ever.
Why would Americans want these guys back???? Did any of them have gain some high skills that U.S. need??? They already have millions of illegal Mexican and others here hang out at local Home Depot competing against uneducated blacks and whites for the low skill jobs.
And even if low skill jobs are available, how can Americans believe that these guys would take, and hang on to, those jobs if they come back to the U.S given the illegal short cuts these guys have taken before.
Start a new life and make contribution to yourself and to Cambodia. It is your destiny.
I agree with 11:48 AM, Cambodia is your destiny.
The uneducated Vietminh is still alive and living in luxury, what are you going to do with your destiny?
I just have to laugh with some of the hardcore comments! Why can we put human face on the problem of these returnees! Tell me that being a human and you have to be perfect! No human is perfect! Tell me... Did these returnees have a second chance at life? In fact most of them have a fuck up life to begin with! It is such a shame that one is so quick to make judgment without knowing the background of these returnees!
In the old day only Einstein and only highly educated people can come to America! Now America want to be the same like the good old day and that is if you are rich and highly educated and you are welcome to America!
It doesn't matter now for these returnees! These returnees are view as creating problem for American society and American government is exporting back the problem to wherever they came from!
Now it is Cambodian problem and no longer American problem!
Hun Sen (Vietminh) owns Cambodia. Sok An (Vietnamese Tycoon)owns Angkor Wat. This returnee can start a new life working for the Vietminh in Cambodia or he can works for Sok An in Siem Riep!
2:19 PM
Hun Sen did not have to agree to the shit that the US have dumped on his lap like many other countries.
But as you know where there is money going into his pocket he does not care about what happen to the country and its people.
Those deportees have a second chance at life. Don't assume they never did, but its to late for them now. They must make the best of their second at where they are at. They still have two hands and two feet and the ability to learn. They are not in the gulag of North Korea.
Does a good government arbitrarily torment or punish human beings?
Likewise God does not arbitrarily torment or punish human beings as some people have misunderdstood.
What is the solution?
Let us examine and test our ways and return to Adonai our God. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say, "We, for our part, have transgressed and rebelled; you, for your part, have not forgiven."
"You have covered us with anger, pursued and slaughtered us without pity. You have covered yourself with a cloud so thick that no prayer pass through. You have reduced us to rubbish and filth among the peoples."
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The passage I quoted was directed to the people of Israel long ago, but it is applicable for us today.
We have a choice, continue to rebell against the God of heaven and be reduced to a rubbish heap or repent and turn to the God who created us. God's truth testify against us and we are guilty as charged.
Sin is a disgrace to any people. Sin has no term limit until the day you die. Sin demands death in its payment. But Jesus came to pay in full what sin had demanded from all of us. Jesus died and rose again to accomplish what any man cannot do to help himself.
"For the wages of SIN is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ."
W~W
They can learn how to massage khmer dicks.
The water can only flow downstream!
If I were one of the deportee(s) I would try to find work, since I can speak English, then I go to school part time, learn something I can use to serve the community and to make money for living at the same time.
If I make video of my life to show the White House or show to the authority in the US or to show the world through Talk Show etc., they wills see me as a new person, a very educated person who devotes a life to serve the community and be productive.
Sending a gang-look Video to the white house then claimed to be a poet, an artist, and genius? That is sick and not even that no white house or decent people would waste their time to look at that scary gang-look Vid.
These deportees are given a second chance to repent and they should move on and be productive to the society they are living.
Btw: This to Anida. Stop guiding them to the wrong way. Guiding them to face a new life in their father land. Because they will never be allowed to return to the US. However, if you just want your face and name in front of TV and/or on the news, so be it.
Btw: This to Soma. Please see the suggestion I made to Anida. And furthermore, stop abusing the royal title, you only cary the last name "norodom" and "Sisowath" like thousand of them are scattering around the world do. This is not a joke, but real.
Rama
I watched this video two times and made me disgusting. It is a gangs style video. They seem to proud of their status of being deportees. It achieve nothing. People in the video should look back to their past crimes and rebuild their lives accordingly. It was their own fault to waste part of their lives in the opportunity country. I was a former refugee. I survived killing field, fierce fighting and power struggling border camp, Thai atrocity, and other misfortunes to live in Australia. I stand on my own feet and taken every opportunities I have from this country to build my life. Theses people care nothing but drugs, gang fights until they ended up this way.
Then they are crying for help. They cannot help themselves how other can help you?
Grow up man! Do something productive to poor Cambodian. You will be respected and proud of your contributions.
Very disgusting, these people claim to be American. Ki media should remove this video.
It is a shit video!
Why are these returnees trying to be more American than the American?
These returnees are seen as cancer in American society! Now that the cancer is spreading to Cambodia and thanks in part to American government and it won't be long Cambodian people will experience the headache and the heartbreak in dealing with these returnees! Then what is the next solution for these returnees?
This is the 21th century problem and it requires 21th century solution!
I avoided making any comment re: these deportees. But now I say "You all are given a second chance to repent, so do your best in you parents' land. Your last destination as humans is Cambodia, and you will not be allowed to return until the day you die. Move on and go with GOD".
They should take the second chance seriously by working hard to support themselves in Cambodia.
It looks like they do nothing everyday in Cambodia and wait for money from their friends, relatives and spouses in the U.S.
Useless whole bunch of returnees who just proved in the video that they are indeed useless.
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