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FRONTLINE/World  Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family

Inside the life of a female suicide bomber. Details

 

Program: FRONTLINE/World

Episode: Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family

Filmmaker Beate Arnestad moved to Sri Lanka in 2002 and saw that an entire generation was growing up surrounded by violence. Her resulting film My Daughter the Terrorist, recut and excerpted here, goes inside the special Tamil Tigers' suicide division and is believed to be the first time any suicide bomber has spoken on film about their training and motivations.

Duration: (13:44)
Premiere Date: 10/02/2008
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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