Look into "Enemies of the People". A guy, whose entire family was killed int the killing fields, interviews a bunch of people high up in the Khmer Rouge.tribdog said:I've heard of "The Killing Fields" the movie. I've never watched it. Any other suggestions?
tribdog said:There were two trees. A "killing tree" and a "magic tree." The killing tree was used to kill babies, the magic tree had a speaker in it to play music so you couldn't hear the babies crying and dying.
Proton Soup said:most importantly, she covers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Lemkin" , one of the most important people you've never heard of.
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