01 September 2010
Bangkok Post
Following the success of the Bangkok premiere of Who Killed Chea Vichea? before over a hundred viewers at the FCCT, the Bangkok Post has this excellent article and interview with director Bradley Cox.
...Who Killed Chea Vichea?, which captures the story as it unfolds, recently screened at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. Director Bradley Cox, who had interviewed Chea Vichea about his labour union activism, was on the scene moments after the murder, and followed the subsequent trial and conducted his own investigation. Jim Pollard, FCCT board member, called it one of the best documentaries ever made on Cambodia.Read it online.
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15 August 2010
VoA covers DC premiere
Voice of America video story on the Washington DC premiere of Who Killed Chea Vichea? at the National Press Club on August 4:
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13 August 2010
Bangkok premiere at FCCT
Please join director Bradley Cox for the long-anticipated Bangkok premiere of Who Killed Chea Vichea? at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand:
Members: Free / Non-members: 150฿
More info
Wednesday, August 18 at 8pm
Penthouse, Maneeya Center Building
518/5 Ploenchit Rd (access from Chitlom Station)
Q&A to follow, with Bradley Cox and Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, Asia division.
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10 August 2010
NDR Weltbilder (Germany)
Here's a long video story on Cambodia's garment industry from the German public broadcaster NDR (Hamburg), featuring clips from Who Killed Chea Vichea? and an interview with director Bradley Cox.
(Who Killed Chea Vichea? material begins at about 6:00)
In Kambodscha wird ein großer Teil der Billigtextilien hergestellt. Es tobt ein Arbeitskampf.Watch video
(Who Killed Chea Vichea? material begins at about 6:00)
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27 July 2010
Bay Area screening at UNAFF
Who Killed Chea Vichea? will screen at the 13th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival, which runs October 22-31 with screenings in Palo Alto and San Francisco, California. Should be a great one!
UNAFF "celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, population, migration, women’s issues, refugee, homelessness, racism, health, universal education, war and peace." Past selections have included Panama Deception, Taxi to the Dark Side, Regret to Inform, Genghis Blues, Burma VJ and The Tears of Sichuan Province. Good company.
Watch this space for screening times and locations...
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14 July 2010
Mexico premiere at DOCSDF
Who Killed Chea Vichea? will screen at DOCSDF, the documentary festival of Mexico City, sometime between October 21 and 31.
That will bring the total number of countries where we've had screenings up to eight: the US, Netherlands, South Korea, Lithuania, Canada, France, Thailand and Mexico.
Help us add Cambodia to the list! Join the Chea Vichea Project.
That will bring the total number of countries where we've had screenings up to eight: the US, Netherlands, South Korea, Lithuania, Canada, France, Thailand and Mexico.
Help us add Cambodia to the list! Join the Chea Vichea Project.
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12 July 2010
DC Premiere at the National Press Club
We are pleased to announce that the National Press Club has selected Who Killed Chea Vichea? for its summer documentary series, along with Revealing Hate in America, La Americana and Chaplains Under Fire.
The screening will be at the Club (529 14th St NW) on August 4 at 6:30pm. A panel discussion will follow.
Details to come here and at:
Meanwhile, if you're in or around Washington DC on August 4, please mark your calendar!
The screening will be at the Club (529 14th St NW) on August 4 at 6:30pm. A panel discussion will follow.
Details to come here and at:
Meanwhile, if you're in or around Washington DC on August 4, please mark your calendar!
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29 June 2010
WKCV wins best in category at Phila festival
We're happy to announce that after three nearly full screenings at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival this past weekend, Who Killed Chea Vichea? won BEST FILM - POLITICAL.
At the awards ceremony Sunday night, festival director Ben Barnett summed up the awards committee's reaction: "It blew us away!"
Thanks to everyone who came to our screenings and participated in our Q&A sessions afterwards, and thanks also to Ben and the PIFF staff and volunteers for organizing an excellent festival!
At the awards ceremony Sunday night, festival director Ben Barnett summed up the awards committee's reaction: "It blew us away!"
Thanks to everyone who came to our screenings and participated in our Q&A sessions afterwards, and thanks also to Ben and the PIFF staff and volunteers for organizing an excellent festival!
07 June 2010
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
The Philadelphia premiere is on!

Who Killed Chea Vichea? will screen three times at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival:
Preview screening
Saturday June 26, at 2:45pm
Media Bureau, 725 N 4th St
Saturday June 26, at 2:45pm
Media Bureau, 725 N 4th St
Main screening
Sunday June 27, at 12:30pm
RUBA Hall, 414 Green St
Sunday June 27, at 12:30pm
RUBA Hall, 414 Green St
Sunday June 27, at 4pm
Random Tea Room, 713 N 4th St
05 June 2010
Variety: Cambodia vs. 'Chea'
... "It's not surprising that the government would quickly move to suppress the film," Cox tells Variety. "Chea Vichea was a hero to many because he dared to speak up for the little guy. In a country run on fear, this is a rare thing and in the end, Vichea payed the price for it."
Read article
See more press coverage -- from The Independent, The Guardian, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, Screen International and others.
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