Monday, April 16, 2012

Inviting You to a Presentati​on on Cambodian issues with Prof. Joel Brinkley & Prof. Tim Sorel

Dear Community,

The below message is forwarded from Khmer Unity for Cambodia inviting you to a presentation on Cambodian issues with Standford Professor Joel Brinkley and University of Florida Professor Tim Sorel


Thursday, April 19, 2012 @ 2:00pm-5:00pm


Stanford University, Communications Department
The Chafee Seminar Room, Room 452


Joel Brinkley spent 23 years as a correspondent for the New York Timesand authored the critically acclaimed Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land. A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history--the streets of Phnom Penh are paved; skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this façade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Available at Amazon and other major retailers.

Tim Sorel is an independent filmmaker and three-time EMMY nominee. Sorel will screen his new documentary The Trap of Saving Cambodia. The plight of internally displaced Cambodians represents just one of the harrowing moments in THE TRAP OF SAVING CAMBODIA.The film examines the struggles of NGO workers as they try to help the poor while facing a resistant government that annually receives more than a billion dollars in foreign aid from a host of countries like the United States and China. 26 minutes- This film is not rated.

For more information email: kuc@khmerunity.org


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