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Children overcoming hard times

November 17, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly First They Killed My Father By Loung Ung HarperCollins Publishers, 2010 At the age of 5, Loung Ung is living in Phnom Penh as the daughter of a high-ranking government official. She enjoys visiting the open markets, chicken fights, eating fried crickets, and sassing her parents. But then Pol […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, AHIMSA, FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER, STEP UP TO THE PLATE, VOL 36 NO 47 | NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24

First They Killed My Father — An eye-opening true story of a child’s life during the Khmer Rouge

September 29, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers” debuted on Sept. 15 on Netflix. This is the first film that I’ve seen directed by Angelina Jolie. Her inspiration for this movie started 17 years ago while filming “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” in Cambodia. Angelina came upon a […]

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER, VOL 36 NO 40 | SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6

Cambodia selects Angelina Jolie film as Oscar submission

September 23, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) —  Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” has been named Cambodia’s foreign-language submission to the Academy Awards. The Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee announced the choice on Sept. 18, calling Jolie’s Cambodian genocide drama “cathartic” and hailing it for bringing back memories “often best forgotten.” Jolie directed the adaptation of Loung Ung’s […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER, VOL 36 NO 39 | SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 29

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