Dith Pran

As a kid I remember my parents taking me to see a movie called "The Killing Fields". Before seeing the movie I remember that I thought it was a scary kind of movie where there would be ghosts, and supernatural stuff like that.

Little did I know how much that movie would have an impact on me. As it turns out, the movie was nothing of what I thought it was going to be. Till this day the movie still holds a special place in my heart and I think it's perhaps because it shows that people who want to succeed, will succeed no matter what the obstacles.

I hate to admit it, but the last scene of the movie always gets me. It never fails, but the music with which is played in the background (John Lennon's Imagine) along with what happens in the scene, it's sure to bring a tear to your eye as well.

The movie was based on a true story and one of the character's the movie was based on is Dith Pran. Sadly Dith Pran passed away on Sunday March 30, 2008. Dith's struggle through four years of imprisonment in Cambodia and success as a New York Times photographer is legendary.






If you don't want to read on the hell Dith lived through with the Khmer Rouge, or the atrocities he saw while he was imprisoned for four years, please try and see the movie "The Killing Fields". I guarantee you it will make you appreciate life in a totally different way.

Dith Pran has always been an idol to me. I'm saddened that he is no longer with us, but I'm also happy for his existence. Dith Pran will always be missed.

R.I.P. Dith Pran.