may, 2024
tue14may7:30 pmNeang Kavich's documentary about the last days of the White Building7:30 pm
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“We’re used to seeing a house for its roof, windows, and walls. But in the end, as we move out of here, it breaks my
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“We’re used to seeing a house for its roof, windows, and walls. But in the end, as we move out of here, it breaks my heart.” Filmmaker Kavich Neang’s father is one of the hundreds of residents who must leave the iconic White Building in Phnom Penh. This housing block bore witness to a tremendous series of events: the young nation’s Golden Age; a traumatic breakdown under a radical regime; decades of cultural revival centered within its walls; and, the rapid pace of capitalist development that would ultimately lead to its demise.
Now the once radiant walls are grey and damaged. Neang, born here in 1987 and raised inside, once dreamed of shooting a fiction film here, but reality overtook his plan. It’s now the location for his first full-length documentary. When demolition comes, it’s all just a memory.
Please be our guests for the screening of LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING (2019, 68 min). English subtitles. 5 USD entrance fee going to the production company Anti-Archive. On sale is also their film magazine “Marg1n”.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm