I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

Not to be confused with Sri Lanka's Killing Fields.

I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
Directed by	Ms. Priyamvatha
Release dates	2011 (2011)
Country	Sri Lanka

I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields is a 2011 investigative documentary film by Ms. Priyamvatha of the Indian news channel Headlines Today. Ms. Priyamvatha went undercover to the Vanni to report on the survivors of the Sri Lankan Civil War.^[1]

The documentary telecasts on-ground interviews with survivors who narrate accounts of sexual abuse in internment camps, the use of chemical and cluster bombs by the Sri Lankan armed forces, killing of thousands of civilians in aerial bombardment and artillery attacks and continued denial of their basic rights.^[1]

Priyamvatha received the prestigious "Best investigative news report" award for the documentary, in the 2012 News Television Award in New Delhi.^[2] Findings from the documentary were quoted during debates in both houses of India's Parliament and in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

References

1 2 "Headline Today's 'I witnessed Genocide' wins journalism award in New Delhi". TamilNet. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
↑ "Headlines Today bags 7 National Television Awards". India Today. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture

Literature	Funny Boy (1994) Island of Blood (2003) The Road from Elephant Pass (2003) The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka (2009) The Cage (2011) Tamil Tigress (2011) Gota's War (2012) Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012) Still Counting the Dead (2012) Dare to Dream – Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora (2012) Sri Lanka's Secrets: How the Rajapaksa Regime Gets Away with Murder (2014)

Films	Unakkaga Piranthen (1992) Purahanda Kaluwara (1997) Saroja (2000) Kaatrukkenna Veli (2001) In the Name of Buddha (2002) Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) Ira Madiyama (2003) Aanivaer (2006) Kuttrapathirikai (2007) Mission 90 Days (2007) Prabhakaran (2008) The Road from Elephant Pass (2008) Uchithanai Muharnthaal (2011) Flying Fish (2011) Matha (2012) A Common Man (2013) Madras Cafe (2013) Ceylon (2013) Pulipaarvai (2014) Dheepan (2015) Porkalathil Oru Poo (2015)

Documentaries	Crayons and Paper (2009) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011) Lies Agreed Upon (2011) I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished (2012) Ruthless (2012) No Fire Zone (2013) Sri Lanka's Unfinished War (2013) White Van Stories (2013) This Land Belongs to the Army (2014) Sri Lanka: The Search for Justice (2015)

Other media	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (video game, 2010)

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