A documentary film dealing with the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime is opening in Cambodia.
Up to two million people are thought to have died under Pol PotThe film, Waiting To See The Truth, includes interviews with Cambodians who describe the forced labour, starvation and mass killings under Pol Pot's rule.
But it also shows footage of young Cambodians who do not believe stories of the atrocities of the late 1970s. (emphasis mine - BD)
The period is not taught in schools, and the producers plan to screen it to children to boost awareness. ...
Throughout the film older Cambodians describe the horrors of life under the Khmer Rouge, when up to two million died because of the regime's brutality.
The camera then pans to giggling teenagers who declare that they do not believe a word of what their relatives have just said.
Addendum
If you're interested in this period in history and want a cinematic experience, track down the 1984 film The Killing Fields.
Check out the scene where the Dith Pran character is nonchalantly addressed in French by a KR commander, who clearly enjoyed the look of terror that spread across Dith Pran's face.
To be caught speaking French under the Khmer Rouge would mark you for death. For that matter, so would wearing eyeglasses. Both were symbols of the intellectual class hated by the psychopathic Maoist peasants of the KR.
But the KRs had a sense of fun too. Sometimes an unsuspecting victim would be served an elaborate meal while top KRs looked on. When they had finished eating, the KRs would asked them if they enjoyed the meal. When the person answered yes, they would be garroted and the KR brass would laugh as they watched the life being choked out of their victim.
Here's some links for more information:
Yale University: The Cambodian Genocide Project
Wikipedia: Cambodia under Pol Pot