The Golden Voice: The Ballad of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen (2023)

The humid air of Phnom Penh in the 1960s carries the sound of a new, electrified Cambodian rock. At its center is Ros Serey Sothea, whose rise from the rice fields to national fame has made her voice a symbol of the nation's spirit. Her recordings define an era, even as the Cambodian civil war intensifies beyond the city's edges. The ascent of the Khmer Rouge brings a sudden, silencing quiet to the studios and stages she once commanded. Her final whereabouts remain part of the country's unspoken history, while her music persists on crackling radio signals and in the memories of those who heard her.