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First They Killed My Father

What we are doing ishelping the Cambodians to help themselves

What we are doing is
helping the Cambodians to help themselves

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What we are doing is helping the Cambodians to help themselves.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:26
Uploaded
Jul 09, 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.
♪ 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]
I can't dance like Khouy. It's too hard for me. - First They Killed My Father 00:07
I can't dance like Khouy. It's too hard for me.
[whispering] That's no problem. I'll teach you. - First They Killed My Father 00:05
[whispering] That's no problem. I'll teach you.
I'm worried, Captain. The Americans have abandoned us. - First They Killed My Father 00:05
I'm worried, Captain. The Americans have abandoned us.