Girls From Cambodia

Length 54:00
Licensor Outer Voices
Producer(s) Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Formats Documentary, Hard Feature, Special
Topics Asian, Public Affairs, Women
Produced January, 2006
Added to PRX February 7, 2006
 

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Summary:

An honest look into the sex industry in Cambodia

Website:

http://www.outervoices.org

Additional Credits and Funding:

Girls From Cambodia was produced for Outer Voices with support from the Ford Foundation, the Pohaku Fund, and many generous individuals.
Thanks also to Thai Airways for their support.

Producer was Stephanie Guyer-Stevens.
Audio engineer and Host was Robin Wise.
Editor was Barrett Golding.
Production Assistant and Researcher was Karoline Kemp.
Translators in Cambodia were :
Mr. Soun Soulinh, Ms.Sin Li Pao, and Mr. Long Sophal.
Voice over credits are:
Vannara Taing as Sin Li Pao.
Lisa Taing as Chen Souk Ha.
Chanda May as Thyda.
Norind Su as Sun Bon Thang.
Chhom Phuong as Keap Noun.
Tita Prum as Srey.


In Cambodia,
We had help from the staff of Cambodian Women?s Crisis Center, the Siem Reap police, SWEET FM radio station, Siem Reap, and Bud Gibbons, and the staff of the Golden Gate Hotel.
Thanks to Jeff Dyer for coordinating the recording of the traditional Cambodian music, and to Samat and the rest of the staff of Babel recording studio in Phnom Penh. The musicians recorded were:
Khim - Kum Long
Takhe - Hun Sote
Tro - Khat Hule
Roneat Ek - Chan Bo
Skor Day - Teuh
Chhing - Yim Chan Tee
Khloy ? Dyer Jeffrey

In California,
we had help from the San Jose Cambodian Temple, East Bay Asian Youth Coalition, Spencer Nagasako, the Santa Rosa Cambodian Community Center, and the University of California Berkeley Cambodian Students Association.
Many thanks to Elizabeth Becker for her insight and participation and to Thea Chun for retranslation assistance. Thanks also to Ada Chan of the Thai Airways Los Angeles office.

Excerpt from Nixon speech courtesy of American Rhetoric.com
?I Am A Child? advertisement courtesy of World Vision.
Girls from Cambodia is the second in a series of audio profiles of women activists in Asia and the Pacific Rim, produced by Outer Voices. To obtain a copy of the cd of this program please call (415)497-0563, or visit us online: www.outervoices.org.
This program is dedicated to E.D. Lavis.

Timely on:

March: Women's History Month

Tones:

Disturbing, Emotional, Political

Language:

English

Description:

Girls From Cambodia includes emotional firsthand accounts of brave young Camodian women, speaking frankly about being sold into sexual slavery and escaping their captors. and their hopes for a different future.
This poignant portrayl features Chanthol Oung, the founder of the Cambodian Women's Crisis Center who has forged the struggle against a deeply entrenched system of human trafficking.

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