The betrayal [videorecording] = Nerakhoon / PandinLao Films presents ; a film by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath ; a co-production with American Documentary/P.O.V. ; directed by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath ; producers, Ellen Kuras, Flora Fernandez-Marengo ; written by Ellen Kuras Thavisouk Phrasavath.
Originally produced in 2008. Special features: audio commentary; interview with director and co-director; conversation with director and composer; archival footage and newsreels; additional montage footage of Laos; excerpts of thavisouk's first interview (1986); omitted scene; Thavisouk returns to Laos; theatrical trailer; photo gallery and filmmakers' biographies; essay by D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Summary:
The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from war-torn Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War, to the mean streets of New York City. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordinary journey in this deeply personal, poetic, and emotional film.
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