Starring Sam Waterston, Haing S Ngor

One of the most powerful and admired British films of recent years, this recreation of an extraordinary true story was winner of three Academy Awards.
Cambodia 1973: American journalist Sydney Schanberg and his guide Dith Pran are operating out of the war-torn ruins of Phnom Penh. When the Khmer Rouge armies enter the city they are welcomed with open arms. But foreign journalists become the targets of hatred and soon Schanberg and his colleagues are rounded up and look certain to be executed.

Barry Norman: page 15
(Ceefax subtitles)