DOCUMENTARY - Stanley Harper’s 18-year-old cinematic odyssey CAMBODIA DREAMS (2009, 90 min) is an amazing film in more ways than one. Apart from being made against all odds in a politically volatile country, it achieved the miraculous feat of ‘connecting’ a mother and daughter, living on either side of the border, who did not even know, they existed. The movie chronicles the 
parallel lives of one family, half of whom went to one of the refugee camps in Thailand, while the other half stayed in their village in Cambodia. This seemingly simple story is enriched
by the grandmother, Yan Chheing, who
has an extraordinary grasp of the complex issues involved.