Film cameraman - yeah right!

Who am I trying to kid? I just get to hold this very expensive and state of the art filming equipment - I have absolutely no idea how it works. I'm pictured at Tuol Sleng having just completed a couple of hours of filming Vann Nath's return to his former jail as part of a documentary on Cambodia, thirty years after the Khmer Rouge, by director Tim Sorel. Tomorrow morning we change the location to the new National Theatre to record an interview with the legendary Tenth Dancer, Em Theay. In preparation for the interview, I recently met Theay's daugher Thong Kim Ann, who also happens to be one of Cambodia's best classical dancers. Theay is a living embodiment of Cambodia's cultural past and in my view a national treasure. All of her children and her children's children have become performers, to carry on the example set by this incredible woman. I'm looking forward to meeting her tomorrow. It's pouring with rain outside at the moment - very unusual for this time of year - so let's hope that it's nice and dry in the morning.