TUE 21 | After a week or two of Khmer New Year partying, it’s time to settle down and sober up again, and what better way to do it than with an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh. French photographer Roland Neveu was one of the few foreigners who stayed behind when most of the press corps escaped the country as part of the US evacuation operation Eagle Pull, when Pol Pot launched his Year Zero campaign on April 17, 1975. The 35-mm films he shot that day are some of the only remaining images reflecting the confusion, chaos and panic of the time. This is a rare opportunity to witness the events as they happened, as well as listen to the artist’s first-hand experience during his talk on the Meta House rooftop at 8pm.
WHO: Roland Neveu
WHAT: Photography exhibition
WHERE: Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd.
WHEN: 6pm, April 21
WHY: A chance to see photos of one of the most rarely documented and most important events in history