Australian documentary filmmaker Jim Gerrand first arrived in Cambodia by canoe in 1967 with only a monkey for company – a voyage that became the basis for his first documentary, Mekong Downstream. Gerrand has returned frequently since, producing several films about the country’s politics and history. Meta screens two of his most important films.

* THE PRINCE AND THE PROPHECY (1988, 78 min) explores the years of Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s rule, his juggling for peace, his charisma, and his contradictions.

* CAMBODIA: KAMPUCHEA (1988, 57 min) exposes the nightmare of the revolution unleashed by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge after their victory in 1975.

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