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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Angelina Jolie shares teaser of Netflix passion project she directed based on Cambodian genocide memoir

Passion project: Angelina Jolie shared a preview clip on Thursday of First They Killed My Father that she directed based on a 2000 memoir
Passion project: Angelina Jolie shared a preview clip on Thursday of First They Killed My Father that she directed based on a 2000 memoir
Major scale: The actress said the film was the first of its size about the war in Cambodia
Major scale: The actress said the film was the first of its size about the war in Cambodia
Cambodian genocide: The clip opened with a title card about Pol Pot's deadly regime
Mourning story: Film producer Rithy Panh talking about the film helping the nation heal
Mourning story: Film producer Rithy Panh talking about the film helping the nation heal
Large scale: Cambodians were employed to recreate history
Large scale: Cambodians were employed to recreate history
Hit movie: Jolie is shown in 2001 on the set of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Hit movie: Jolie is shown in 2001 on the set of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

War story: The film is based on the 2000 memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers by Jolie's friend and former refugee Loung Ung
Angelina Jolie shares teaser of Netflix passion project she directed based on Cambodian genocide memoir
Daily Mail | 3 February 2017

On the set: Jolie was shown on the set directing the actors and crew
On the set: Jolie was shown on the set directing the actors and crew
Her story: Loung Ung talked about the significance of Jolie's project
Her story: Loung Ung talked about the significance of Jolie's project


Angelina Jolie shared a preview on Thursday of her Netflix passion project First They Killed My Father.

The 41-year-old Oscar-winning actress directed the film based on the 2000 memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers by Jolie's friend and former refugee Loung Ung.

The preview clip opened with a title card that read: 'Between 1975 - 1979 Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population.'


1 comment:

  1. Anonymous9:11 AM

    See, Angela Jolie showed a Vietnamese soldier defending the Khmer people from Khmer Rouge attack. I like her a lot more now.

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