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As a survivor of the Cambodian genocide, Ung has faced her share of pain and loss, the story she laid bare in the memoirs First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child: the deaths of her parents and two siblings, transitioning to life as a refugee in America, and her hard-fought path to quell the demons of her past.
Sep 2, 2014 · By Susan Borison. September 2, 2014. (with help from Samantha Zabell and Kaitlin Coyle) Loung Ung, author, lecturer, and activist, was only five years old when the Khmer Rouge regime stormed Cambodia. By the time she was eight years old, her father, mother, and two sisters were all dead.
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Aug 3, 2017 · My Harrowing Escape from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and How That Led to a Friendship with Angelina Jolie. Loung Ung talks about her journey that led to her memoir and now a film directed by Jolie...
Mar 31, 2023 · Loung Ung speaks to Michael McCintyre about returning to Cambodia to film First They Killed My Father with Angelina Jolie. For more information on Loung Ung...
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Sep 13, 2017 · Interview Highlights. On what Ung thought was happening when the Khmer Rouge told her family they had to leave Phnom Penh. Loung Ung: I had no idea where we were going. ... The soldiers,...
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SHARON MAY. Surviving the Peace: An Interview with Loung Ung. Loung Ung was born in 1970 into a middle-class family in Phnom Penh. Five years later, her family was forced out of the city by the Khmer Rouge in the mass evacuation to the countryside.
Mar 19, 2000 · Loung Ung talked with Brian Lamb about her experiences living through the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia in 1970. She also talked about the dangers of landmines and advocated for their...
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