John Pirozzi’s DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA’S LOST ROCK’N ROLL (2014, 105 min) tells the fascinating tale of Cambodia’s vibrant pop music scene, beginning in the 1960s and 1960s influenced by France’s Johnny Hallyday and Britain’s Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The filmmaker has assembled rare archival footage, punctuating it with telling interviews with the few surviving musicians. Cambodian culture has long been associated with a love for the arts. This documentary, that took 10 years in the making, pays homage to the country’s rock legends who paid for their creativity with their lives. The film is most successful as an examination of the way that art reacts to social upheaval and reflects the political power system, mutating to fit the reality of our lives whether we like it or not.

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Meta screens the best films set in Cambodia every Friday, 7.30PM. All films are screened in English language versions and / or with English subtitles.