Lender singled out after documentary
Some 1,000 employees from one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions gathered in the Koh Pich exhibition hall yesterday to watch A River Changes Course, the award-winning documentary about three Cambodians from different backgrounds all struggling to eke out a living in fast-changing times.
Why Angkor Mikroheranhvatho (Kampuchea) Co Ltd, or AMK for short, bothered to hold a screening at all during its annual conference in Phnom Penh became a little clearer in a scene about 30 minutes into the story. The mother of one of the movie’s subjects, a woman from Svay Rieng province, tries to repay a loan to an AMK employee, who is dressed in the company’s signature purple shirt. …
“It’s not funny, it’s not funny at all,” said Youk Chhang, executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which produced the film. “It’s not about foreign or Khmer, it’s about how a man treats a woman.” …
Joe Freeman
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