Sent: 6/26/2009 4:13:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: POV documentary Outreach: The Betrayal
My name is Iffat Khan, and I work with the Community Engagement and
Outreach department at POV. POV is a non-fiction documentary series
on PBS. We are on the air, June-October, Tuesday nights at 10pm. I am
emailing you because we thought you might be interested in a film on
our series entitled The Betrayal. It will air nationally on P.O.V.
July 21th at 10 PM (please check your local listings). It is about the
survival of a Lation refugee family, after their father's
participation in warfare. Here is a description of the film:
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
Filmed over 23 years, The Betrayal is the Academy Award®-nominated
directorial debut of renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras in a unique
collaboration with the film's subject and co-director, Thavisouk
Phrasavath. After the U.S. government waged a secret war in Laos
during the Vietnam War, Thavi's father and thousands of Laotians who
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. Weaving ancient prophesy with personal testimony and stunning
imagery, The Betrayal is a story of survival and the resilient bonds
of family. A Diverse Voices Project co-production with support from
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); funded in part by the
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). An Official Selection of the
2008 Sundance Film Festival.The film will be nationally broadcast on
July 21st, 2009 at 10pm on PBS. Please check local listings.
You can watch the trailer here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/betrayal/
We hope you will help us spread word about the national broad cast of
the film.
