AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary Film and Discussion Series at the Spurlock 2013–2014: A Perfect Soldier

• Event Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
• Time: 7:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Film

This series of public film screenings and lecture/discussion programs is organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) at the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. It is planned in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum and presented in the Knight Auditorium. Guest scholars and members of the campus and local communities will introduce the films and lead post-screening audience discussions.

A Perfect Soldier
Directed by John Severson. 2011. 56 minutes.
In Khmer with English subtitles.

As an orphaned child in Cambodia in the mid-seventies, Aki Ra was soon groomed to be an instrument of war by the Khmer Rouge, a regime that killed nearly two million Cambodians. In his adult life, Aki Ra has worked to combat the violence in which he once took part by removing what he can of the six million landmines that still mar Cambodia’s countryside. Aki Ra’s efforts to eradicate landmines and address --in a makeshift roadside museum-- the horrible remnants of war, led to the establishment of the Cambodian Landmine Museum and School and his recognition as one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes in 2010. A Perfect Soldier is an inspiring documentary about the power of one man to create change in society.

Distributed by Cinema Guild (external link)
Filmmaker website: A Perfect Soldier (external link).
Website for The Cambodia Landmine Museum and School (external link).