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Narrator
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Bashana Abeywardene | ... |
Himself, author
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Vany Viji | ... |
Herself, war crime eyewitness
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Benjamin Dix | ... |
Himself - former United Nations staff member in Sri Lanka
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Isaippriya | ... |
Herself, Tamil TV news anchor
(archive footage)
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Mahinda Rajapaksa | ... |
Himself, president, Sri Lanka
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Gordon Weiss | ... |
Himself - United Nations press liaison in Colombo 2006-2009
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Peter Mackay | ... |
Himself, former staff member, United Nations Peacekeeping
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Udaya Nanayakkara | ... |
Himself, Sri Lankan general
(archive footage)
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Shivendra Silva | ... |
Himself, Sri Lankan general
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John Holmes | ... |
Himself - former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
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Ramesh | ... |
Himself - senior commander, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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Derrick Pounder | ... |
Himself - professor of forensic medicine, University of Dundee
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William Schabas | ... |
Himself, professor of international law, Middlesex University
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Srinath Perera | ... |
Himself, lawyer
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No Fire Zone: In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
This is a well created documentary from videos taken during the spring of 2009. The sequencing of videos taken by different witnesses and the narration are excellent. The videos were taken by both the victims as well as Sri Lanka army personnel (trophy videos).
Some have estimated the civilians deaths to be around 40,000. Other estimates are much higher. About 150,000 are unaccounted form, over 99% were civilians.
Sri Lanka has questioned the validity of the videos. Chanel 4 has hence had all the photos and videos analyzed by independent experts, ruled unequivocally authentic. Sri Lanka is also resisting multiple calls for independent investigations.
Some scenes are gory. Viewer discretion recommended.
But it is must see for anyone interested in knowing the cruelty that occurred in a country that prides itself as 'Buddhist'!