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Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva

09/03/2015

BBC Four - Storyville, Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva

Documentary telling the story of the rise of the band Cambodian Space Project.

Documentary following Julien Poulson and Srey Thy, who together formed the band The Cambodian Space Project, and their struggle to overcome poverty, trauma and obscurity.

In a Phnom Penh karaoke bar in 2009, Australian musician Julien Poulson hears the extraordinary voice of poor village girl Srey Thy. The result is romance and the birth of the Cambodian Space Project, a thrilling musical explosion that wows audiences worldwide with sounds from the 1960s and 70s golden age of Cambodian rock. Filmed over five years, this intimate documentary tells the story of performers whose struggle to overcome poverty, trauma and obscurity has never been easy.

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