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New Year Baby

2006 1h 20m Documentary List
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 88% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Born in a Thai refugee camp after her family fled the Khmer Rouge's Cambodia, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States. She travels back to Cambodia to confront her homeland's past and unravel the mystery of her family's survival.

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Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY Rated: 2/5 Mar 11, 2011 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Be aware that the film does contain quite a few graphic photographs that would likely be disturbing to young viewers and, quite possibly, to survivors of trauma. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 18, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This was an amazing documentary about Cambodia and a filmmaker's personal genealogical experience in learning about the Khmer Rouge genocide from 1975-1979. If you have any interest in learning about other cultures, please watch this film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member i watched this in my global communications class. some of the parts were really sad. i liked how they explained some things by using cartoons.it was horrible what the khmer rouge did to them. they should be punished for what they did. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite the very personal / subjective view of the director, it's an extremely good way to feel / look into the life and psycho-wound of people who were refugee and living under genocide. Somehow I would like to judge this piece as a film in reality rather than a documentary. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member This documentary made me cry so much but I have come away knowing the tragedy that occurred in Cambodia and knowing the awesome father of Socheata. I highly recommended. http://www.newyearbaby.net/site/c.grKNIWPHIsE/b.838039/k.AFFA/New_Year_Baby_Home.htm http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newyearbaby/ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm rating this as 'The Thirteenth Year' because Flixter doesn't have this one either. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Born in a Thai refugee camp after her family fled the Khmer Rouge's Cambodia, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States. She travels back to Cambodia to confront her homeland's past and unravel the mystery of her family's survival.
Director
Socheata Poeuv
Producer
Jason Bolling, Socheata Poeuv, Charles Vogl
Screenwriter
Socheata Poeuv, Charles Vogl
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 20m