Haing S. Ngor during his United States citizenship ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Item Overview

Title: Haing S. Ngor during his United States citizenship ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986
Photographer: Bessel, Larry
Date Created: April 5, 1986
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: Citizen--Oscar-winning actor Haing S. Ngor of "The Killing Fields" took oath as U.S. citizen Friday at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Ngor, who escarped from Cambodia in 1979 after being tortured by Khmer Rouge, said he wants to return to Cambodia "to help my people so they can have freedom like I have today."

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: Portrait photographs
news photographs
Subjects: People
Motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
Asian American actors
Citizenship--United States
Culture
Naturalization--United States
Cambodian Americans--California--Los Angeles County
Names: Ngor, Haing
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclalat_1429_b3372_303522
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002vvq9
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Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country: US
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