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First They Killed My Father

?? I've been around for a long, long year ♪ Under the pretextthat there is a war...

�� I've been around for a long, long year ♪ [man] Under the pretext
that there is a war necessity, they come into Cambodia

Full Transcript

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♪ I've been around for a long, long year ♪
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[man] Under the pretext that there is a war necessity,
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they come into Cambodia.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:04
Uploaded
Jul 12, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Bophana Production

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Movie Summary

Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
-[man 2] Are you glad to be in Cambodia? -Negative. No. [chuckles] - First They Killed My Father 00:07
-[man 2] Are you glad to be in Cambodia? -Negative. No. [chu...
There could be occasional difficulties in reaching a final solution. - First They Killed My Father 00:06
There could be occasional difficulties in reaching a final s...
What we are doing is helping the Cambodians to help themselves. - First They Killed My Father 00:04
What we are doing is helping the Cambodians to help themselv...
♪ Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name ♪ - First They Killed My Father 00:08
♪ Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name ♪
♪ But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game ♪ - First They Killed My Father 00:06
♪ But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game ♪...
[reporter in French] The Nixon Doctrine for Southeast Asia - First They Killed My Father 00:04
[reporter in French] The Nixon Doctrine for Southeast Asia
The war that began in Vietnam has now engulfed Cambodia. - First They Killed My Father 00:05
The war that began in Vietnam has now engulfed Cambodia.
There is anger and frustration at the US bombings. - First They Killed My Father 00:06
There is anger and frustration at the US bombings.
Thousands of lives lost. Farms and livelihoods destroyed. - First They Killed My Father 00:05
Thousands of lives lost. Farms and livelihoods destroyed.
Many are now turning to the Khmer Rouge, who promise to reclaim Cambodia - First They Killed My Father 00:10
Many are now turning to the Khmer Rouge, who promise to recl...
But little is known of the Khmer Rouge's leaders - First They Killed My Father 00:06
But little is known of the Khmer Rouge's leaders
The communist insurgents now surround the capital Phnom Penh. - First They Killed My Father 00:05
The communist insurgents now surround the capital Phnom Penh...
[on TV] President Ford's speech yesterday, - First They Killed My Father 00:09
[on TV] President Ford's speech yesterday,
APRIL 1975 - First They Killed My Father 00:07
APRIL 1975
Journalists and foreign residents have been told to assemble - First They Killed My Father 00:07
Journalists and foreign residents have been told to assemble
A school several blocks from the embassy is serving as the makeshift landing zone. - First They Killed My Father 00:06
A school several blocks from the embassy is serving as the m...
The helicopter evacuation is being carried out by American marines... - First They Killed My Father 00:07
The helicopter evacuation is being carried out by American m...
[chattering] - First They Killed My Father 00:08
[chattering]
[Ma shouts] - First They Killed My Father 00:07
[Ma shouts]
[pop song playing over speakers] - First They Killed My Father 00:06
[pop song playing over speakers]