The betrayal = 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.

Cover image for The betrayal = 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.

Title:

ISBN:

9780781512824

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild, [2008]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Originally produced in 2008.

DVD-R, NTSC.

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.

Subject Term:

Laotian Americans--New York (State)--New York -- Biography.

Political refugees--New York (State)--New York -- Biography.

Laotian Americans -- Social conditions.

Laotian Americans -- Interviews.

Laotian Americans -- Attitudes.

Genre:

Biographical films

Documentary films

Added Author:

Kuras, Ellen

Phrasavath, Thavisouk, 1964-