# Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

TED Fellow Sophal Ear shares the compelling story of his family's escape from Cambodia under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. He recounts his mother's cunning and determination to save her children.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: War, Education, Adventure
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SophalEar_2009U)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/SophalEar_2009U?play=1)