Rithy Panh major retrospective at MoMA
Rithy Panh will introduce the first two days of screenings, dont’ miss this rare opportunity to hear him talk about his films in person!
Panh’s first-ever retrospective in New York goes deep, from the North American premiere of his recent documentary Irradiés (2020), about the effects of radiation poisoning and other forms of mass extermination, to definitive investigations of the Khmer Rouge and its legacy in Site 2 (1989), about a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border; The Rice People (1994), about struggling farmers; S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003), which reunited survivors of Tuol Sieng prison with their captors after the fall of the Pol Pot regime; and The Burnt Theatre (2005), in which a troupe of actors attempts to revive classic dance and theater in the charred remains of Phnom Penh’s national theater, itself threatened by the construction of a new casino. Also presented are Rithy Panh’s underappreciated fiction films, including One Evening after the War (1998), Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s’entrouvre (2001), and The Sea Wall (2008), an adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novel, starring Isabelle Huppert.
Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, Department of Film.