Vann Nath revisits Tuol Sleng

Director and cameraman Tim Sorel setting up the interview shoot with Vann Nath Vann Nath peering through the barred windows of the 2nd floor of Building B

This morning Vann Nath returned to Tuol Sleng to take part in a documentary interview shoot with director Tim Sorel, translator Priya and myself (as assistant producer). We spent a couple of hours interviewing Vann Nath about his life and then he gave us a guided tour of the former Khmer Rouge interrogation center, stopping at various points to recall his own experiences and identify photographs that triggered more memories for him. He has spoken on camera on countless occasions and it showed, he was a superb interviewee and most generous with his time and recollections. The documentary is being directed and produced by Tim Sorel, a professor from the University of Florida and is looking at Cambodia thirty years after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime. More interviews will take place over the next few days during Tim's visit to Cambodia before post production will take place back in Florida.

Vann Nath points out his own face amongst the survivors of Tuol Sleng to Priya
The painter Vann Nath pauses at the self-portrait of his time at Tuol Sleng
LtoR: Vann Nath, translator Priya and assistant producer for the shoot, yours truly