简介：LosAngelesbasedbandDengueFevergoestoCambodia,nativehomeoftheirleadsinger.Theyperformliveshows,playwithmastermusicians,andbridgethegapbetweenmusiclostduringthereignoftheKhmerRougeandthepeopleandcultureoftoday.WrittenbyMoniqueLeviCo-Producer SleepwalkingThroughtheMekongfollowsLosAngelesbasedbandDengueFeverontheirrecentjourneytoCambodiatoperform60sand70sCambodianrockn'rollinthecountrywhereitwascreatedandverynearlydestroyed.TheodysseyisahomecomingforsingerChhomNimolandatransformationfortherestofthebandastheyperformwithmastermusiciansandrecordnewsongsalongtheway.Morethanarockumentary,thefilmservesupaportraitofmodernCambodiaasthebandtoursthroughPhnomPenhandbeyond,crossingagreatculturalchasmwiththesamespiritofCambodia'soriginalrockpioneers.CambodiaisoftensynonymouswiththebrutalKhmerRougeregimethatleftmillionsdeadandscatteredrefugeesaroundtheglobe.ThistragedyovershadowsthestoryofCambodia'smusicsceneinthe1960sand1970s.CambodianmusiciansreinventedWesternrockn'rollwithadistinctlyKhmerflavortocreteasoundthatisatoncefamiliarandcompletelyoriginal.SleepwalkingThroughtheMekongcelebratesthisvibrantbutlong-overlookedmusicandrevealsthepowerofmusictoweaveacommonthreadbetweenextremelydifferentcultures.…