Event
A Lecture, Screening, and Conversation with Loung Ung.
Child soldier. Refugee. Survivor. Filmmaker. Bestselling Author. Golden Globe Nominee.
Penn FilmAid, Penn Cinema & Media Studies Program, and Perry World House are proud to welcome Loung Ung for a keynote lecture, a screening of First They Killed My Father, and an invite-only breakfast.
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KEYNOTE LECTURE & CONVERSATION:
Lessons from the Pain, Vision for the Future
Friday, 10/26 1:00-2:15PM PWH
What can we do to help refugees and immigrants? What kinds of local, institutional, and national changes and policies are needed to address the worldwide refugee crisis?
Please join us for our keynote with Loung Ung as she speaks about what it took to transition from genocide survivor, child soldier and refugee to survivor, best selling author and filmmaker and about the everyday heroes who made this possible. Along the way, we hope to build a clearer vision and answer to these questions.
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SCREENING & DISCUSSION:
First They Killed My Father (2017)
Friday, 10/26 5:30-8:00PM Followed by Q&A
Join us for a screening of this groundbreaking historical thriller film written by LOUNG UNG and directed by ANGELINA JOLIE. Based on Ung's memoir of the same name, 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.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS3Vp_quGCw
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