AS AM 118 Lecture Notes - Angelina Jolie, Cambodian Genocide, Loung Ung
9 May 2018
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History as Told By…
Who gets to tell the story?
Who gets to tell the history of a group of people?
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How are communities currently represented based on their narrative?
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How have their narratives been explored?
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Example: the Cambodian Genocide in Media
Cambodian Genocide: 1955-1975
Same time as the Vietnam war
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Because U.S. overturn the original Cambodian government (to help
Vietnam War), Pol Pot, a communist activists, took over the country and
persecute the educated and wealth
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1/3 of Cambodia population died due to feminine or murder
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Directed by Roland Joffé
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Southeast Asian refugee came in at around 1979
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White reporter at Cambodia that was covering the Cambodian Civil War
and made friends who a local interpreter
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
Directed by Angelina Jolie
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Filmed in Cambodia
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Set in 1975, the film depicts 7-year-old Ung who is forced to be trained as
a child soldier while her siblings are sent to labor camps during the
Communist Khmer Rouge regime
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One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung
lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the
age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into
the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung
was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings
were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not
be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
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Point of analysis
TKF: story told by a white reporter
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FTKMF: story told by a Cambodian who has experienced the genocide
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Things to Ponder
What major themes did you see in the project?
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What kind of questions would you want to ask a filmmaker telling these
histories?
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Do these stories encapsulate the entire history?
These stories are only 1 perspective
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But they are important because it opens up a space for Cambodian
Americans to talk about their history
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Does the existence of these films mean the work is all done?
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Why are these films important?
We would taught about the anti-Vietnam protest in America and what
happen in Vietnam, but not what happened in the surrounding countries
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Lecture 5
Thursday, April 19, 2018
3:28 PM
Document Summary
Because u. s. overturn the original cambodian government (to help. Vietnam war), pol pot, a communist activists, took over the country and persecute the educated and wealth. 1/3 of cambodia population died due to feminine or murder. Southeast asian refugee came in at around 1979. White reporter at cambodia that was covering the cambodian civil war and made friends who a local interpreter. Set in 1975, the film depicts 7-year-old ung who is forced to be trained as a child soldier while her siblings are sent to labor camps during the. One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, loung ung lived a privileged life in the cambodian capital of phnom penh until the age of five. Then, in april 1975, pol pot"s khmer rouge army stormed into the city, forcing ung"s family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Ftkmf: story told by a cambodian who has experienced the genocide.
