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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.97,0:00:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhism has been, \Nthrough the centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.36,0:00:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basis of Cambodian culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.12,0:00:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On April 17th, 1975,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.47,0:00:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pol Pot took power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.14,0:00:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the first things he did
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.11,0:00:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to prohibit and persecute religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.39,0:00:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know very little about the horror
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.27,0:00:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that buddhist monks went though
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.14,0:00:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the three years, eight months
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.68,0:00:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and twenty days that \NDemocratic Kampuchea lasted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.79,0:00:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we risk
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.70,0:00:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their stories being lost forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.06,0:00:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In November, my friend \NRaquel Vasquez and I
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.72,0:00:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got a scholarship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.93,0:00:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to investigate about the persecutions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of buddhist monks throughout that period.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.94,0:00:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn´t think twice:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.25,0:00:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we left everything and, \Nalong with this team,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.24,0:00:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went and stayed in Cambodia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.81,0:00:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our base camp was in Phnom Penh,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.95,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from where we closely followed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:01:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Khmer Rouge trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.23,0:01:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also investigated to find
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.02,0:01:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buddhist monks of the Pol Pot era
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.79,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were still alive \Nand wouldn't be scared
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share their stories and talk
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.10,0:01:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about such a delicate subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.67,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were very elderly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and confused dates and places.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.14,0:01:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.76,0:01:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were like a puzzle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.33,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we needed to put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.26,0:01:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we went \Nall through Cambodia
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.50,0:01:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and parts of Vietnam, visiting villages,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.09,0:01:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pagodas and tracking the roads
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.45,0:01:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which these monks were forced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.81,0:01:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to emigrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.62,0:01:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have learnt from buddhist monks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.91,0:01:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they went from \Nbeing spiritual leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.22,0:01:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leeches in their own society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.35,0:01:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were forced to get married
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.79,0:01:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consumate these marriages;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.44,0:01:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were forced to join the army;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.25,0:01:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work as forced labour;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.69,0:01:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to abandon their beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.15,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or keep them internally.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their family and friends were killed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.05,0:01:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for knowing how to read
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.50,0:01:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just because \Nthey were wearing glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.28,0:01:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tranquility and \Neven the sense of humour
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.61,0:01:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they told their story with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.63,0:02:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never ceased to amaze us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.42,0:02:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because when you believe that death
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.19,0:02:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the beginning rather than the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.21,0:02:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't allow yourself to feel rage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.97,0:02:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or revenge because \Nit might be perpetuated
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.65,0:02:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.51,0:02:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learnt that buddhism is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.08,0:02:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the central axis around which
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.86,0:02:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cambodian lifestyle revolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.77,0:02:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyday Nom PePhnom Penh\Nis died in orange
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the monks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.37,0:02:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that move around the city
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.74,0:02:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going from home to home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cambodians, who live in a humble way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.21,0:02:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share their money and food with them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.31,0:02:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.50,0:02:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a long time:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.95,0:02:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too long to make justice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.87,0:02:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and too short to forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.39,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we see, with this perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that violence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.38,0:02:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against people's identities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still a tragic reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.29,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we want \Nto make a contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.56,0:02:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this public space: the testimonies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.83,0:02:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these monks that \Nwe have gathered in Cambodia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.93,0:03:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).