La déchirure / The killing fields

In 1973, NYTimes reporter, Sydney Schanberg's sent to Cambodia, where Dith Pran's set up as Schanberg's interpreter/guide. Over the next few years, the men and their families, become friends. When the US forces pull out, Schanberg's able to get exit visas for Pran's family. Soon, the Khmer Rouge take control, and Schanberg and other western journalists are evacuated. Once in New York, Schanberg and his colleagues attempt to evacuate Pran, as his life's in even more danger from the Khmer Rouge, and so begins Schanberg's 4.5-year campaign to get Pran out of the country,