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The Betrayal — Nerakhoon is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath . Synopsis. It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York City. The film centres on the family's flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life.
Nov 21, 2008 · With Thavisouk Phrasavath. The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. 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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- Documentary
- Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
- 2008-11-21
The Betrayal begins chillingly with a 5,000-year-old Lao prophecy, as related by Thavi's grandmother, about a time when "the universe will break. It will break piece-by-piece, country-by-country and religion-by-religion. Husband and wife will break into two. The children will escape into the wind..." Military ID of Santi Phrasavath, Thavi's father.
- Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
- July 21, 2009
After the U.S. government waged a secret war in Laos during the Vietnam War, Thavi's father and thousands of other Laotians who had fought alongside American forces were abandoned and left to face imprisonment or execution. Hoping to find safety, Thavi's family made a harrowing escape to America, where they discovered a different kind of war.
Nov 21, 2008 · The Betrayal. A Laotian family leaves its war-torn country behind and moves to New York.
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- Documentary
- Ellen Kuras
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) is an epic documentary infused with an artistic cinematographer’s eye that tells the story of Thavi and his family on their journey from their home in Laos after the turmoil resulting from the U.S. military involvement in that country during the Vietnam War era.
The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordinary journey in this deeply personal, poetic, and emotional film.
