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Phnom Penh (dpa) – US actress and director Angelina Jolie will travel to Cambodia to film an adaptation of a memoir about the Khmer Rouge era, reports said Friday. First They Killed My Father is a memoir of Cambodian activist Luong Ung’s experiences as a child under Khmer Rouge rule, which lasted from 1975 until 1979.…

Angelina Jolie Pitt is the latest big name to team up with Netflix to make an original feature film. The actress-turned-director will helm an adaptation of “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” Loung Ung’s memoir about surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime, Netflix announced Thursday. Published in 2000, “First They Killed My…