CIRCLES OF VIOLENCE : A Return to Sri Lanka is a personal exploration by Sri Lankan/Australian documentary maker, Sam de Silva, that exposes the island’s dark history and tries to make sense of the deeper processes beneath the violence.
The film raises some fundamental questions about Sri Lanka’s future, and recalls a time when balance was respected and wisdom prevailed.
CIRCLES OF VIOLENCE : A Return to Sri Lanka reveals the profound dilemmas faced by a society gripped by a new kind of strife one that other societies (especially in the west) could well face in the near future.

[...] CIRCLES OF VIOLENCE : A Return to Sri Lanka is film that about which Sam got in first got in touch with me around two years ago. [...]
By: groundviews » Circles of Violence: A Return to Sri Lanka on February 28, 2007
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[...] began by stating that for him what was most interesting about the premiere of the film a week ago at Barefoot was the discussion on what it is to be a Sri Lankan and what (and how) we define a Sri Lankan [...]
By: groundviews » “We need a revolution in Sri Lanka!” - A brief chat with Sam de Silva on March 5, 2007
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