- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Khmer Dance Project moving image.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (55 min) : sound, color
- Summary
- Pech Tum Kravel discusses his career in theater, as an actor, playwright, scholar, and administrator. He speaks about touring and performing as an actor; his study of modern and traditional theater; and the genres of theater he has written for. He describes his experience during the Khmer Rouge period, his emotional response, and the deaths of various teachers and friends. He discusses his efforts to revive Khmer culture after the fall of the Khmer Rouge; how cultural items were recovered. He displays books he has written about shadow puppet theater and other aspects of dance and theater, and books of poetry and plays. He speaks about the response to globalization and the importance of preserving Khmer culture and identity. He recalls his teachers and speaks about his research into sources of Khmer theater; he discusses the meaning of hand gestures in dance. Finally, he recites an original poem about his desire to see Khmer culture and identity preserved.
- Alternative Title
- Khmer Dance Project moving image.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online.
- Credits (note)
- Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
- Funding (note)
- Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
- System Details (note)
- Source (note)
- A production of the Khmer Dance Project, initiated by the Center for Khmer Studies in partnership with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library, with a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation.
- Language (note)
- Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1303
- OCLC
- 861227446
- Title
Interview with Pech Tum Kravel : Khmer dance project, 2009-08-20.
- Copyright Date
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.
- Country of Producing Entity
Cambodia.
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
video
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Performer
Pech Tum Kravel, interviewee ; Suppya Nut, interviewer.
- Credits
Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
- Event
Recorded 20 August 2009 Pech Tum Kravel's home, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- System Details
Streaming video.
- Original Version
Original format: DVCam cassettes.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online.
- Funding
Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
- Language
Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Pech Tum Kravel, interviewee.
Nut, Suppya, interviewer.
Prum Mesa, videographer.
Sea Vissal, sound engineer.
Koh Rathany, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, translator.
Rhodes, Gillian, translator.
Nut, Suppya, director.
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
- Added Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
- Found In:
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1303