When the Khmer Rouge reached power 50 years ago, it inflicted a myriad of abuse to Cambodians. One of the least known ways that the hard communist group tried to control life was forced marriage.
The regime has forced tens of thousands of men and women, as a foreign, to marry as an effort to populate democratic Kampuchea.
The documentary “The stories we share” examine this countless heritage of the Pol Pot rule which has left many lasting scars. The filmmakers meet the survivors Oung Phhun and Soeng Chantorn and travel with the educators of the Khmer Rouge court as they help the young generation to understand the past of their country.
While forced marriage was intended to stimulate the population, for less than four years under the Khmer red, the population has ratatized. It is estimated that two million people died of famine, illness and execution.