Ben ik een Moordenaar?
In a society where violence forces itself on us in a variety of ways, Simonka de Jong wonders why it is that violence is terrifying to her, while it is attractive and addictive to her gaming sons. As a child from a family of Holocaust survivors, De Jong has a complicated relationship with violence and killing. In a search to understand her relationship to this, she talks to people close to her and travels to Israel. Here she meets former soldiers, a peace activist and a shooting instructor; all people who have used violence and talk about what it has done to them. She looks at Israel's actions in Gaza with mixed feelings. How far do you go under the heading of self-defense? To what extent are victimhood and perpetration connected? Am I a Killer? is part of a documentary series on the Ten Commandments, made by DOXY Films and EOdocs.
- Runtime
- 55m
- Released
- 2025
Details
Release year: 2025
Storyline
In a society where violence forces itself on us in a variety of ways, Simonka de Jong wonders why it is that violence is terrifying to her, while it is attractive and addictive to her gaming sons. As a child from a family of Holocaust survivors, De Jong has a complicated relationship with violence and killing. In a search to understand her relationship to this, she talks to people close to her and travels to Israel. Here she meets former soldiers, a peace activist and a shooting instructor; all people who have used violence and talk about what it has done to them. She looks at Israel's actions in Gaza with mixed feelings. How far do you go under the heading of self-defense? To what extent are victimhood and perpetration connected? Am I a Killer? is part of a documentary series on the Ten Commandments, made by DOXY Films and EOdocs.