tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026256712239783281.post4316356932738750695..comments2024-03-21T21:23:25.688-04:00Comments on American POWs of Japan: Documentary on POWs of Japan Screened LAAsia Policy Pointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03784292872823996552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026256712239783281.post-66947399081069086902013-09-16T06:47:33.075-04:002013-09-16T06:47:33.075-04:00Thankyou for putting this documentary together. My...Thankyou for putting this documentary together. My father is Des Bettany, the artist whose work you have used for the film. He would have been proud but humbled that you have used his work. <br />He never spoke very much about his experiences in Changi until the last few years of his life, but as children we were fascinated by his 'war diaries', his artwork kept in a scrap book, kept in a cupboard, brought back from the war.<br />I can only imagine the depravation and hardship all prisoners faced. Myself an artist, I understand the release his art was for him. To be able to share it with others at the time, and now the world,through such things as the web page my brother has organised and your documentary is testamont to the huge role artwork has as a window into other worlds.<br /><br />Ruth Flaherty, Adelaide South AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com