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.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Kuras, Ellen, director, producer, screenwriter.
• Phrasavath, Thavisouk, 1964- director, screenwriter.
• Fernandez-Marengo, Flora, producer.
• Shore, Howard, composer.
• PandinLao Films, producer.
• American Documentary Films, producer.
• P.O.V. (Firm), producer.
• Cinema Guild, distributor.

Language:

• English
• Lao

Subjects (All):

• 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.
• Laotian Americans.
• Social conditions.
• Political refugees.
• New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Biographical films.
• Interviews.
• Biographies.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Nerakhoon

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

Narration in English; interviews in Lao with English subtitles.

System Details:

• DVD-R, NTSC.
• digital
• optical
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video

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.

Contents:

• When I was a child in Laos
• History and perspective
• I run between what is remembered and what is forgotten
• Eagle prophecy ; The U.S. comes to Laos
• Bombing in the marketplace
• After the Americans left
• On the night of my escape
• Time of traveling
• I heard some talk about America
• Kids in America have changed
• Phone call from Thailand
• A turtle is released into the wild
• A funeral
• To have a hand is to make good things
• Reunion.

Participant:

Thavisouk Phrasavath, narrator.

Credits:

Cinematography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Thavisouk Phrasavath ; music, Howard Shore.

Notes:

• 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.

ISBN:

• 0781512824
• 9780781512824

OCLC:

281797139

Publisher Number:

• 881164000156
• CG 000106

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