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The betrayal Nerakhoon
Title
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.
ISBN
0781512824
9780781512824
Published
New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild, c2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Cinematography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Thavisouk Phrasavath ; music, Howard Shore.
Narration in English; interviews in Lao with English subtitles.
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.
Variant and related titles
Nerakhoon
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Lao
Added to Catalog
August 16, 2010
Credits
Cinematography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Thavisouk Phrasavath ; music, Howard Shore.
Performers
Thavisouk Phrasavath, narrator.
System details note
DVD-R, NTSC.
Videorecording number
CG 000106
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
PandinLao Films.
American Documentary Films.
POV (Television program)
Cinema Guild.
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