First They Killed My Father

By Mackenzie Moore

On our fourth and fifth  day of our trip while at our home stay we watched the movie First They Killed My Father which is based of a book written by Loung Ung and directed by Angelina Jolie. The book and movie is a true story of the writer and her family’s experience going through the Khmer Rouge. The movie follows Loung as her family is taken from their homes and is forced to work for the Khmer Rouge. In the movie her family is separated and forced to go through extremely difficult physical and mental challenges. The movie gave me a better visual of what went on during the Khmer Rouge and I felt empathy for the people who got ripped away from their lives and had to give up their life or work tirelessly through the rain of the Khmer Rouge.

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