The Killing Fields

“Here, only the silent survive.”

Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston), a New York Times reporter, wants the story of the Cambodian Civil War and gets it with help from his interpreter Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) and the photographer Al Rockoff (John Malkovich). When the U.S. Army pulls out, Schanberg arranges for Pran and his family to leave too. Roland Joffé follows Pran's decision to stay behind and keep reporting as the Khmer Rouge move in, and his life is what is on the line.