By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2017 12:00 pm EST
Based on the memoir of the same name, First They Killed My Father is about Loung Ung, who also penned the screenplay for the film along with Jolie. The film is being released by Netflix, but will also premiere in theaters.
The First They Killed My Father trailer follows Loung Ung as her carefree life as the daughter of a high-ranking government official is brutally interrupted by the invasion of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge army into Phnom Penh in April 1975. Her family flees and separates from each other in order to survive, but not before Ung’s father is killed. Separated from her siblings, Ung becomes a child soldier at a work camp.
Netflix released the synopsis and key art for First They Killed My Father:
First They Killed My Father is directed by Angelina Jolie, and produced by Jolie and Rithy Panh. Loung Ung, Jolie’s son Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Adam Somner, Michael Vieira, and Charles Schissel serve as executive producers.
First They Killed My Father will premiere Friday, September 15 in select theaters and globally on Netflix.
