Film Screening: First They Killed My Father at MSU Denver 2025.03.19

First they Killed my Father film poster

Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 11am – 1pm
CAVEA, MSU Denver
Contact Shayla Bischoff (sbischof@msudenver.edu) with questions

Come join us for the movie screening of First They Killed My Father based on the book First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung.

Watch the movie, enjoy some movie snacks and feel free to multi-task! 

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.

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.

Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung’s powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.

Then come to the keynote with LOUNG UNG on April 2!