Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011)
One of the most graphic television documentaries ever shown in the United Kingdom, this documentary outlines atrocities which were committed during the final months of the Sri Lankan Civil War and features amateur video footage from the conflict zone filmed by civilians and Sri Lankan soldiers.
- Date of release
- 2011-06-14
- Runtime
- 49m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Callum Macrae
Casting
- Jon Snow — Self
- Benjamin Dix — Self
- William Schabas — Self
- Vany Kumar — Self
- Steve Crawshaw — Self
Interesting facts
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields is an investigatory documentary about the war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, broadcast by the British TV station Channel 4 on 14 June 2011. Described as one of the most graphic documentaries in British TV history, it featured amateur video from the conflict zone filmed by civilians and Sri Lankan soldiers which depicted "horrific war crimes".
Background
During the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 and after its end in May 2009 evidence in the form of video, photographs, etc. started emerging showing what appeared to gross violations of international and humanitarian law by both the Sri Lankan military and the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). British broadcaster Channel 4 was one of a number of foreign media organisations who publicised this evidence.
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