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Nine Circles of Hell (1989 Cambodian film)

October 25, 2018 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

nine-circles-of-hell-1989-film“The Czech-Cambodian Devět kruhů pekla (Nine Circles of Hell) is a poignant love story set amidst the hell of the Pol Pot regime. As the Khmer Rouge carves a path of death throughout the land, a Czech doctor Milan Knazko falls in love with a Cambodian woman Oum Savanny. Their relationship, though sorely strained by the war’s horrors, produces a child. The doctor is separated from his family once Pol Pot assumes control. Devět kruhů pekla was financed in part by the Ministry of Culture of the Kampuchean People’s Republic.” — Synopsis from film-enstreaming.com

The film was screen at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 1989, Cambodia, Circles of Hell, Czech Republic, Films

“Where Sweatshops Are a Dream”

January 15, 2009 By Professor Arielle Saiber

where-sweatshops-are-a-dream“This is a Dante-like vision of hell. It’s a mountain of festering refuse, a half-hour hike across, emitting clouds of smoke from subterranean fires.” [in reference to a large garbage dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia] [. . .]    –Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, January 14, 2008

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2008, Cambodia, Health, Hell, Journalism, Phnom Penh, Waste

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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