Khmer Rouge survivors react to First They Killed My Father

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7 жыл бұрын

The Post spoke to some of those who lived through the Pol Pot regime at the world premiere of Angelina Jolie's new film, First They Killed My Father, in Siem Reap. The film chronicles some of the atrocities of the period, including mass killings, forced labour and the conscription of children as soldiers.

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@saymatattooremovalchannel9264 6 жыл бұрын

My mum was a surviver of this! She said the movie is so toned down to watch actually happened. But if they did show more detail it would probably be banned to watch. Babies would be bashed to death and hung on this tree until their necks crack, people resorted to eating the dead just to survive, pol pots army would rape kids and beat them a lot worse. My mum saw her brothers and sisters axed to death in front of her. She survived by fleeing during the bombing as well and knew were the mine bombs were she said she had to hide under dead bodies it was so sad!!!

@vixen2751 6 жыл бұрын

BuffSam xo yo you comment this on every Khmer Rouge Video also I'm a Cambodian and my grandma and a lot of my family members had to go through it aleast they survived but my moms grandfather did not make it out alive because ha was a teacher

@saymatattooremovalchannel9264 6 жыл бұрын

Theblox Master I'm glad someone noticed! Lol It's very sad that all the educated got murdered :( I'm glad to hear that some survived we are very lucky to be here today. To be honest if I was going through what they did I wouldn't survive, I'm so weak minded My mum said her sister got executed at the very beginning when they all got told to leave the city for 3 days. They saw her wedding photo as she got married a week ago that she held onto and thought she was royalty coz of the wedding picture so they thought she had money and killed them. So sad and so brutal. What country is you and your family in now?

@m3m3lord61 6 жыл бұрын

Theblox Master my dad was also a survivor, but things were never that bad. He said that they would never rape kids, but then again, he was luckily a poor farmer at the time and he grew up in West Cambodia, so things were kinder and better there. And also it depended on which region of Cambodia they were in, as the leader appointed by the Khmer Rouge decided on how severe things would be in his area. So things could be worse in other areas than the ones my dad lived in.

@jasminflowerz1710 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, am so sorry to hear that !! Yes, from what you're saying it was very brutal...too much to be cast for publci view. ..very likely why it wasn't included- but who cares, a true story should be told the way it really happened. If audience isn't prepared for the truth then maybe they shouldn't watch it. Funny how the media feeds us such graphic imagery on world wide web, etc, yet refrains from providing whole truths at times it's really needed, like in biography.

@dangerlovee4061 6 жыл бұрын

😔😔very sad

@bmwsportcali2306 6 жыл бұрын

My mom lost everyone in her family during the Khmer Rouge regime. It's heart breaking to watch this movie and see what my parents had to endure.

@FBI-rw8nc 5 жыл бұрын

BMWSport Cali Same with my family. The movie made me cry.

@lilassiemakeitslap 5 жыл бұрын

BMWSport Cali same here my mom is still traumatized till this day

@luonganhhoang3858 4 жыл бұрын

Though the victim shouted for help, no one went to their aid. China and U.S at the back of Polpot. China government and U.S government must answer for their crime. Viet Nam volunteer troops marched to Cambodia to fight against Pol Pot to free the Cambodian people. Both the Cambodia and Vietnam were small countries who suffered "impositions" by wealthier nations.

@st3r_winter 2 жыл бұрын

I feel so bad

@sengchhuon2133 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am.....one of the warrior survivor of Pol Pot....thank you to Angelina Jolie for devoted to this film. I am so proud of you and kids. May God always watching over you.

@toastiepostie3761 7 жыл бұрын

So proud of Angelina. Can't wait to see this movie.

@dankuman6728 5 жыл бұрын

You mean louh un

@luonganhhoang3858 4 жыл бұрын

@Kennychiwah1 6 жыл бұрын

If you are khmer go to your parents and give them a hug tell them thank you and how much you appreciate them for going through all of that and giving you a chance at life when they barely had that. Tell them how much you love them. Reunite my people and regain peace in our hearts.

@gamebawesome 6 жыл бұрын

My mother showed me this movie. She was a survivor during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. It's very sad what happened to her, and what she experienced

@princessego5568 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a soldier against the Khmer Rogue and witnessed such terrible things. I'm so grateful for this movie's representation. 💜

@sieunhanheo507 2 ай бұрын

@@rythnuhhThere are many videos and documents about the crimes of the Khmer Rouge, go to Google and see

@kayepastor8253 7 жыл бұрын

l am proud of Cambodian people to see the movie 'First they killed my Father'

@distan1t.730 6 жыл бұрын

kaye Pastor Thank You

@luisitocomunista546 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah right? I am surprised they did, I was worried they’d revive some sort of trauma or PTSD. These people are brave and I have nothing but respect for them

@unknownmini923 5 жыл бұрын

I’m also Cambodian too. My family was working around the fields during the Khmer Rouge around 1975-1979 and after the Vietnamese invasion in Phnom Penh around January 1979, my family leave Cambodia to Thailand because they were sent to go to a refugee camp and I remembered that my grandparents had a hard time during the years of war by working hard labor and after the refugee camps in Thailand, they go to the United States in the state of Texas around 1982 and they go to a Christian church and around 1983, they drive to California around San Francisco- Oakland Bay Area and everyone gets together after the war in Cambodia ended. It was a very hard, difficult and sad time for them. I never knew how much Cambodia changed before and after Khmer Rouge because before Pol Pot Regime, the country was less corrupted and it was almost like a developed country like America, Canada, Thailand, Japan, Australia, or any country that’s rich and better governmental system.

@billythecat 5 жыл бұрын

Hi. I'm sorry for what your family had been through during that dark time and I'm glad to know that you guys are now settled in America. As a Vietnamese person, i'd like to know family's view on Vietnam during that time. To us, it was the war against Polpot, it was in Cambodia because that was where Polpot and the Khmer Rogue were and we helped to liberated Cambodia from the Polpot regime and then we went home. But you called it the Vietnamese invasion, which sounds like you didn't appreciate what we Vietnamese did there at all. Did your family hate the Vietnamese and wish they had never been there, if they did, i understand that it was because they were sent to a refugee camp but was there something else ? Thank you.

@hoancanhkhokhan8063 4 жыл бұрын

Unknown Mini, you are liar. Vietnam never invase Cambodia. Without Vietnam, may be more than half of Cambodia die. Liar, Liar.

@neathsuon3895 4 жыл бұрын

Nam Duc Dinh sorry abt the misinformation. No one think of it as the invasion but Cambodian think of Vietnamese rescue as a matter of interest. Which mean you guys decided to get rid of Pol Pot after they started to invaded you guys well being and after they start killing ur own people. Idk if this is a propaganda in the country or if it true but that all we know growing up. We also have the ideology of Khmer Rouge was started by communism and was heavily influenced by Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong. There are way more in depth involvement of those two than no one know other than the Cambodian. It is a taboo in Cambodia, we don’t go around talk abt that but everyone know abt it. Then we have our prime minister, Hun Sen, and if you asked any Cambodian, they said he is a Vietnamese government puppet. I’m gonna leave it at that cause I know a lot of Vietnamese who wonder why we have such a strong prejudice against you guys.

@hplsswrr 3 жыл бұрын

@@neathsuon3895 Thank you for the information. As a Vietnamese, I'm so sorry to hear that. However, I tend to think that the bottom line is, provided Vietnam fought Khmer out of their interest, it ended the Khmer Rouge massacre for the Cambodians. At least Vietnam helped saving lives and prevented the increase in the number of deaths during that period. As Cambodians partly dislike us for that reason, which is that Vietnamese came to rescue as a matter of interest, I'm really curious about if Cambodians ever feel thankful for our arrival and what do people in your country want?

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 3 жыл бұрын

Hoàn cảnh khó khăn You’d better learn English properly before saying something dumb that may offend yourself and us, the Viets. Peace!

@dinhle1624 3 жыл бұрын

The world owes Vietnam an apology

@stanleycoleman 6 жыл бұрын

It's great that this story is being told.

@hoanglinhle4468 3 жыл бұрын

World: Vietnam invaded Cambodia. We must punish Vietnam and help Khmer Rouge. World later: Khmer Rouge was terrible, glad they was destroyed ... But we still gonna punish Vietnam instead of Khmer Rouge' leaders.

@jiaxqisun5384 3 жыл бұрын

did they really punish vietnam?

@hoanglinhle4468 3 жыл бұрын

@@jiaxqisun5384 - Yes, SE-asian countries formed a new force called "ASEAN" to surround Vietnam. - Thailand support food, military training for Polpot, sometimes Thailand force even attack Vietnamese soldier. - Singapore + USA support money, weapon for Polpot. - China attacked Vietnam to rescue Polpot. - America claims Vietnam invades Cambodia and asks UN to apply embargos on Vietnam. - UN apply embargos on Vietnam, UN forces surround Vietnam, block all the trading from Vietnam to the World. - UN and USA banned all Vietnamese goods, even gold from Vietnam can not be used.

@jiaxqisun5384 3 жыл бұрын

@@hoanglinhle4468 actually i thought vietnam was also in the ASEAN community, btw there’s a rumor that singapore wants to remove cambodia and laos from asean as well lol, and yes i remembered i learned in school that while vietnam was helping us attack the polpot, other countries were trying to help polpot instead, and thank u for the extra info !!

@hoanglinhle4468 3 жыл бұрын

@@jiaxqisun5384 - ASEAN community was first created with only 5 countries. USA used ASEAN as a gateway to supply Polpot and surround Vietnam. - Vietnam joined ASEAN in 1995, after USA and China remove their hostile policy with Vietnam. Also to search for new economic partnerships since Soviet Union was no longer around.

@CIAinTaiwanAndUkraine 2 жыл бұрын

@@hoanglinhle4468 and ASEAN is so fucking useless now; they can't even do shit to the Myanmar junta nor help deal with China's aggression in West Philippine Sea

@pinewatch5006 7 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see this

@cedgy9596 6 жыл бұрын

I wanted to cry because my grandma and grandpa had to go through this is also when my grandma gave birth to my mom at the end but my grandpa got killed by the people tricking him with water instead of medicine so they injected the water and he got killed

@ampaltv4961 4 жыл бұрын

Such a braveheart cambodian.. a big love to all of the cambodian, from malaysian.. #wearebrothers

@just.trxsh_3441 5 жыл бұрын

My parents are survivors tooooo so we are the same but now life is better

@ampaltv4961 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your independence and your fallen brother. 😢

@ro_meo19a.43 6 жыл бұрын

Great film!

@munitamen8165 5 жыл бұрын

My dad survive he feel sad when he watch the trailer his family all died except is aunt and brother and unclw in law

@edh_lizzy 6 жыл бұрын

My mom is a survivor most of her family died only her sister survived and she had 8 siblings

@KMTepi Жыл бұрын

My mom was also a surviver, her parents, 6 of her 9 siblings (her being one of those 6) and some of her half-siblings made it out alive.

@st3r_winter 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was only 2 years old when this started 😕

@mrsg7531 6 жыл бұрын

Just seen it

@just.trxsh_3441 5 жыл бұрын

I hate pol pot he kill my great great grandparents

@MrFianal 3 жыл бұрын

Did the NVA actually cured the injured and guided the Cambodian from Khmer Rouge? If that so then why do you guys hate Vietnamese?

@jiaxqisun5384 3 жыл бұрын

the people did not hate vietnam bc they helped us with the khmer rouge, i mean who would hate for that reason? but its bc the people believed that vietnam invaded their country, even before the khmer rouge happened, the invading was non stop, and the reason polpot happened is because we helped vietnam with american war, and the american hated us so they bombed us as well, yup this pretty much is the reason, but i personally don’t hate the vietnamese people, cuz you all deserved respect!!

@BullyMaguiretheForbiddenOne 3 жыл бұрын

My mom and grandma were survivors and they had to eat tarantulas to survive

@vanxl9 5 жыл бұрын

The sequel should also be good. “Second, they killed my mother”. I cant wait

@kimsok8116 4 жыл бұрын

Loung Ung has written others two books : Lucky Child(mainly describe about her mother) , After they killed our father(describe about her life after surviving).

@2012jaysean 2 жыл бұрын

Not funny

@johnt.wolfbanger5731 6 жыл бұрын

Cambodia wasn't so nuetral and there was a reason US forces went into that country The Vietnamese communists funneled arms and supplies through Cambodia and Laos into South Vietnam. The US found a mega stash of commie arms in Cambodia. I guess Angela Jolie accidently left that part out.

@neathsuon3895 4 жыл бұрын

Dude it about the genocide not the Vietnam war. You described what was happen before the genocide. It not even relevant

@will6412 4 жыл бұрын

Neath Suon it is relevant, which is strange to you.

@viethavn 3 жыл бұрын

You also forget that Cambodia cannot afford to be independent from France