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Kalyanee Mam (born in Battambang, Cambodia) is a filmmaker whose film, A River Changes Course, which she directed and produced, has won several awards, including the Grand Jury Award for World Cinema Documentary at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival^[1] and the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival.^[2]

Early life

Mam was born in Battambang, Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime, to Vann Theth Mam and Sok Sann Mam.

She is the fifth of seven children and the fourth of four girls.

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Mam's family was living in Pailin Province when the Khmer Rouge came to power in April 1975. They were evacuated to Battambang Province and her family members immediately divided and forced to labor in separate work camps.

Mam and her family attempted to escape the Khmer Rouge camps twelve times, each time failing until the Khmer Rouge fell from power in January 1979, when she and her family finally esc