Independent Lens · SEASON 9
The Cool School
Episode 23 · 2008-06-10

- Documentary
Episode overview
This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her family survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. Socheata Poeuv's family survived the Killing Fields, escaped across the border and became Americans. She searches for the truth about what her family escaped from and why her history has been buried in secrecy for so long.
60 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Wordplay2007-10-16
2. Please Vote for Me2007-10-23
3. Storm of Emotions2007-10-30
4. Red White Black & Blue2007-11-06
5. Miss Navajo2007-11-13
6. The Creek Runs Red2007-11-20
8. The Paper2007-12-11
9. An Unreasonable Man2007-12-18
10. Today's Man2008-01-08
11. A Son's Sacrifice2008-01-22
12. American Made2008-01-22
13. How Is Your Fish Today?2008-01-29
14. Banished2008-02-19
15. Hard Road Home2008-02-26
16. Iron Ladies of Liberia2008-03-18
17. Compañeras2008-04-01
18. Water Flowing Together2008-04-08
19. Water Flowing Together2008-04-08
20. Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula2008-05-06
21. A Dream in Doubt2008-05-20
22. New Year Baby2008-05-27
23. The Cool School2008-06-10
24. Writ Writer2008-06-03
25. Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story2008-06-19
26. Deep Water2008-06-15
27. Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story2008-06-19