Surviving Bokator
Special Screening
11/12 - Followed by Q&A w/ director Mark Bochsler
Synopsis:
Surviving Bokator joins the incredible journey of genocide survivor San Kim Sean who leads a team of youth on a high-stakes, grassroots mission to revive Cambodia’s ancient martial art of Bokator, and bring the fledgling sport to the world. Like many of Cambodia’s great traditions, Bokator was nearly eradicated by the Khmer Rouge regime during the civil war of the 1970’s, and was feared extinct. Filmed over a decade, this powerful story of triumph over adversity, conflict, loss, determination and survival, is a unique window into a post-war people’s efforts to reclaim cultural identity and find their place in the modern world.
Schedule
November 12th @ 12:30PM
Location: The Culver Theater
9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City
Director
Mark Bochsler
Mark Bochsler is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Toronto, Canada. His lengthy career as a visual storyteller has taken him from the high Canadian arctic to the jungles of Borneo and places in between. His work has been screened worldwide, with some highlights being the Cannes Film Festival (2010, At Home By Myself... with You), and the world’s first 360-degree documentary The Polar Sea (ARTE, 2014). His recent feature documentary film Surviving Bokator, which chronicled over a decade the revival of an ancient Cambodian martial art, has won multiple awards internationally. The film played an instrumental role in UNESCO’s decision to inscribe Kun L’Bokator on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Representative List in 2022.
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada/Cambodia
Duration: 98 min
Language: English & Khmer
Subtitles: English
Cast & Crew
Director:
Mark Bochsler
Cast:
Kim Sean
Tharoth “Little Frog” Sam
Darith Ung
Producer:
Sandra Leuba
Cinematography:
Mark Bochsler
Sound:
Sandra Leuba
George Flores
Editing:
Kevin Schjerning
Faisal Lutchmedial
Tamara Scherbak
Joseph Johnson-Cami
Screenwriters:
Mark Bochsler
Fernanda Rossi
Kevin Schjerning
Faisal Lutchmedial
Tamara Scherbak