Laos documentary

Watch your Television listing schedules. PBS stations across the country have begun airing "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)," a feature documentary on Laos. It had its theater run last fall and was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best documentary feature.

We had the occasion to watch its premier in New York City and got to talk with its co-director Thavisouk during a question-and-answer session after the show. He told us that after his family's internment at a Thai refugee camp, they were flown to the Philippines where they stayed at our center there for Indochinese refugees before they were resettled in the USA.

To witness how they survived their experience and how it compares with our own Mekong Circle Laos exodus and resettlement in the USA is to ponder how fortunate we have been.

To read a synopsis of the documentary and view the trailer, click the image above, or go to the link: http://www.pbs.org/pov/betrayal/

To find out when it airs in your local market, go to this link http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvschedule/ and enter your ZIP code.


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