Last Night I Saw You Smiling
Art of the Real 2019
April 18 - 28, 2019
As Phnom Penh’s historic White Building, a thriving artist community, faces redevelopment, longtime residents somberly reflect on their old home and its imminent destruction, stirring up the dust and memories that have accumulated in its storied walls.
Q&A with Kavich Neang
Once a thriving artist community and cultural hub, Phnom Penh’s historic White Building has been sold to Japanese condo developers, displacing nearly 500 families. Born and raised in the building, filmmaker Kavich Neang returns to interview friends, neighbors, and family as they prepare to uproot, stirring up the dust and memories that have accumulated in the building’s walls. As longtime residents somberly reflect on their old home and its imminent destruction, summoning memories of Cambodia’s post-independence golden age and of similar evictions during the Khmer Rouge, Neang captures the serene light and music its storied hallways one last time.
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