The Cambodian genocide is recalled through the eyes of a five-year-old girl in Director Angelina Jolie’s new drama, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.
Based on the memoir by Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung, Jolie’s film recounts the story of how Ung embarked on a harrowing quest for survival after the Khmer Rouge assumed power over Cambodia and undertook a four-year reign of terror that resulted in the deaths of nearly 2 million of her countrymen.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on September 22, Jolie sat down with Director Jeremy Kagan (Shot) to discuss the making of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.
In addition to First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Jolie’s credits include the feature films By the Sea, Unbroken and In the Land of Blood and Honey and the documentary A Place in Time. Jolie has been a DGA member since 2013.
You can listen to Jolie's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find all DGA podcast episodes here.