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Friday, June 17, 2011
We must not turn away from graphic documentary
OTTAWA CITIZEN
Graphic footage of the murder of Tamil civilians in a powerful documentary should move the world to seek justice
A scene from Britain’s Channel 4 production of Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
The images are truly shocking.
Summary executions of bound and gagged young men, the aftermath of rape and murder of young women, and the bloodied corpses of children.
They are civilians, and among the 40,000 victims killed in Sri Lanka two years ago shortly after the government locked its doors to the outside world and set about dealing with its Tamil problem.
There is none of the familiar TV editing when the image stops a split second before the final act. What viewers see during the 60-minute Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields are likely the most horrific scenes ever shown on a mainstream television documentary. Read more
