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Silent Land: The Fight for Fair Food (2016)

75 min - Documentary - 11 October 2016
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Seng Channeang, a young Cambodian farmer, sees her farm and way of life threatened by large scale companies and land grabbers. We follow her on her hunt for security for her family, for 4 dramatic years. His Excellency Mong Reththy, one of the richest men in the country, built an empire in agricultural production. His large scale production is possible since the Khmer Rouge eradicated all property titles. The two meet. Seng Channeang learns, and keeps looking for the middle way. She hopes her new born baby will study law for the rights of the small scale farmers.

Director:  Jan van den Berg, Willem Van Der Put
Writers:  Jan van den Berg, Lenny Schouten
Stars:  Seng Channeang, Mong Reththy

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Seng Channeang, a young Cambodian farmer, sees her farm and way of life threatened by large scale companies and land grabbers. We follow her on her hunt for security for her family, for 4 dramatic years. His Excellency Mong Reththy, one of the richest men in the country, built an empire in agricultural production. His large scale production is possible since the Khmer Rouge eradicated all property titles. The two meet. Seng Channeang learns, and keeps looking for the middle way. She hopes her new born baby will study law for the rights of the small scale farmers.


Genres: Documentary

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Country:   Netherlands
Language:  Khmer, English
Release Date:  11 October 2016

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Production Companies:  DRSfilm

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Runtime:  1 h 15 min
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