Angelina Jolie on Cambodia ‘awakening’

Angelina Jolie has spoken about how Cambodia was her "awakening", as she premiered her new film in the country, reports BBC.
The actress was speaking exclusively to the BBC before the screening of First They Killed My Father, a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge genocide through the eyes of a child.
She said she hoped the film, which she directed, would help Cambodians to speak more openly about the trauma of the period. Two million people died.
Jolie, now a UN refugee agency special envoy, first visited Cambodia for the filming of 2001 hit Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
She later adopted Maddox, her oldest son, from Cambodia. Media captionI survived Khmer Rouge torture prison
"I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history, and in doing so learned, how little I actually knew about the world," she told the BBC's Yalda Hakim. "This country, for me was my awakening.”
"I'll always be very grateful to this country.

 

Angelina Jolie on Cambodia awakening

Angelina Jolie has spoken about how Cambodia was her awakening, as she premiered her new film in the country, reports BBC. The actress was speaking exclusively to the BBC before the screening of First They Killed My Father, a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge genocide through the eyes of a child. She said she hoped the film, which she directed, would help Cambodians to speak more openly about the trauma of the period. Two million people died. Jolie, now a UN refugee agency special envoy, first visited Cambodia for the filming of 2001 hit Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. She later adopted Maddox, her oldest son, from Cambodia. Media captionI survived Khmer Rouge torture prison I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history, and in doing so learned, how little I actually knew about the world, she told the BBCs Yalda Hakim. This country, for me was my awakening. Ill always be very grateful to this country.