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LOUNG UNG

ACTIVIST, SURVIVOR, AUTHOR AND CO-SCREENPLAY WRITER OF FIRST THEY KILLED MY
FATHER DIRECTED BY ANGELINA JOLIE NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX. A STORYTELLER WHO
INSPIRES RESILIENCE AND SHARING HEALING STORIES FROM PAGES TO SCREENS.




 



Activist, survivor, author and co-screenplay writer of First They Killed My
Father directed by Angelina Jolie now streaming on Netflix. A storyteller who
inspires resilience and sharing healing stories from pages to screens.



Loung Ung is public speaker, bestselling author of First They Killed My Father,
Lucky Child, and Lulu in the Sky, and a co-screenplay writer of a 2017 Netflix
Original Movie produced and directed by Angelina Jolie based on her memoir,
First They Killed My Father.  Loung started her activism work in 1993 when she
became the Community Educator for a domestic shelter in Maine.  Since then, she
has worked on various campaigns to end violence against women, to end the use of
child soldiers, and to eradication landmines globally. In 1995, Loung made her
first trip back to Cambodia—and has returned on over forty trips—devoting
herself to helping her native land heal from the traumas of war. In 2013, Loung
expanded her activism reach to screenplay writing, and was one of the writers
for Girl Rising, a groundbreaking film directed by Academy Award nominee Richard
Robbins.

Loung has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA
Today, People Magazine, CNN, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and The Today Show. In
addition, she has been the subject of documentary films broadcast by Nightline,
German ARTE, and Japanese NHK. Loung has given hundreds of keynote addresses at
numerous forums in the U.S. and internationally, including at, Stanford
University, Dartmouth College, Philips Academy, Facing History and Ourselves,
Women in the World Summit, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Mexico 1 Million
Youth Summit. 
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“ Ung’s memoir should serve as a reminder that some history is best not left
just to historians, but to those left standing when the terror ends.” ~ Booklist




ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS

October 18, 2022

October 2, 2022

Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art. Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred
Mountain” will transport visitors to a sacred mountain in the floodplains of
southern Cambodia through art, immersive video installations and interactive
design.
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/groundbreaking-exhibition-newly-restored-cambodian-masterpiece-krishna-lifting

September 21, 2022

Cleveland – TODAY is my birthday. April 17 is what’s on my driver’s license and
other documents. But I don’t know for sure, and probably never will. All I know
is that I was born in Cambodia, sometime during 1970.
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/17/opinion/a-birthday-wrapped-in-cambodian-history.html
A Birthday Wrapped in Cambodian History.

September 20, 2022

FTKMF Movie turns five this month. Has it already been five years when Netflix
released the film on September 15, 2017? Yes, time flies. Thankfully, good
friends, family, and intentions remain. My deepest gratitude to all the
people-over 20,000 souls-who helped turn FTKMF from a dream into reality. Thank
you. AWKOON. Peace to you all. Read More

June 2, 2021

As Asian Americans, we all have our own experiences with racism, sexism,
fetishism and xenophobia. But the Atlanta-area attacks feel different. Loung Ung
– Opinion Contributor USATODAY 

April 30, 2020

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