Bare Hands and Wooden Limbs

Bare Hands and Wooden Limbs DVD Cover
Release Date: 
2010

Bare Hands and Wooden Limbs is the story of a group of landmine survivors who decide to create a farming village of their own in Cambodia.

In 1974 former Khmer Rouge commander Touj Soeurly and the fourteen year old Chhem Sip were deadly enemies. Sip was imprisoned, tortured, and just barely managed to escape with his life to the US. Soeurly lost his leg in battle.Now these two former enemies are working together to make possible the community of Veal Thom, a cooperative village composed primarily of disabled veterans, from both sides of the war, and their families.

Camera: 
DVCam
Aspect Ratio: 
4:3
Audio: 
Stereo
Format: 
NTSC
Region: 
Region 0 DVD
Running Time: 
52 minutes, 30 seconds
Narrator: 
Sam Waterston (original version)
Screeners: 
Available in standard video (DV), multi-region DVD, and BetaSP
Online Press Kit: 
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