VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Holocaust Museum Houston presents a Film Screening:  S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (S-21, la machine de mort khmere rouge), August 30, 2010 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, in the Holocaust Museum Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater.

Join Holocaust Museum Houston Cultural Bridges members and the French Consulate in Houston for the film " S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine" (S-21, la Machine de Mort Khmere Rouge). S21 refers to “Monti Santesok S 21,” the main “security office of the Democratic Cambodia of the Khmer Rouge. Nearly 17,000 prisoners were imprisoned, tortured, interrogated and executed there between 1975-1979. Only three of them are still alive.

S-21, la machine de mort khmere rouge attempts to understand the mechanisms behind the methodical application of one of the 20th century’s most terrifying ideologies. For three years, Rithy Panh and his crew undertook a long investigation, interviewing those who managed to escape along with their tortures. They convinced them to return to the former S-21 building, which has now been converted to a genocide museum to confront the past.

Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx  to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail culturalbridges@hmh.org.