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Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva
Filmed over five years, this intimate documentary tells the story of performers whose struggle to overcome poverty, trauma and obscurity has never been easy.
In a Phnom Penh karaoke bar, 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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Sun 21 May 201721:10GMT
BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
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- Sat 20 May 201702:10GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News Latin America, BBC News North America, BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sat 20 May 201715:10GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sun 21 May 201709:10GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sun 21 May 201721:10GMTBBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD