Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields (2011), Sri Lanka
Resources- Type of Resource
- Documentary
- Publisher
- ITN Productions
- Description
The award winning Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields was broadcast by Channel 4 in June 2011. This documentary featured amateur video from the conflict zone filmed by civilians and Sri Lankan soldiers which depicted “horrific war crimes”. The video filmed by civilians included harrowing scenes during and after intense shelling of civilian targets, including hospitals, by the Sri Lankan military. The “trophy video” filmed by Sri Lankan soldiers showed disturbing scenes of blindfolded victims being executed and dead bodies of naked women being dragged onto trucks by soldiers as they made lewd remarks about the victims. The documentary also included interviews with civilians who managed to survive the conflict, United Nations staff based in Sri Lanka during the conflict, human rights organisations and an international law expert. The documentary was made by ITN Productions and presented by Jon Snow, the main anchor on Channel 4 News.
See the trailer here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields
- Date of Publication
- Jun 3, 2011
- Country
- Sri Lanka