Discuss Rithy Pan’s use of clay figurines, archival images and sounds in his film ‘The Missing Picture’. How does the film work with created objects and historical documents to reflect on the traumatic history of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge period?

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Rithy Pan’s ‘The Missing Picture’ (2013) is a powerful documentary that depicts the horrors of the Cambodian Genocide under the ruling of Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979. The filmmaker’s choice to reenact his teenage experiences using human clay figurines raises captivating and challenging issues of representation.
Illustrations of detailed dioramas compose the majority of the film that symbolize the harsh reality of..