A film by   Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath		  
         
  Directed by   Ellen Kuras  
         
  Co-Directed by   Thavisouk Phrasavath  
         
  Written by   Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath		  
       
         
  Produced by   Ellen Kuras  
         
  Produced by   Flora Fernandez-Marengo  
         
  Executive Produced for P.O.V./
American Documentary by
  Cara Mertes  
         
  Co-Produced by   Wilder W. Knight II
Gini Reticker
Chiemi Karasawa		  
         
  Music Composed and Conducted by   Howard Shore  
         
  Cinematography by   Ellen Kuras, ASC  
         
  Edited by   Thavisouk Phrasavath  
         
  Voice of the Grandmother by   Boualay Vannalith  
         
  A Co-Production with American Documentary | P.O.V.
 
         
         
  FEATURING
The Phrasavath Family		      
         
  AMERICA   Orady Phrasavath
Santi Phrasavath
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Sethy Phrasavath
Phoummy Phrasavath
Khaysy Phrasavath
Savanhnaly Phrasavath
Bounnhang Phrasavath
Bounnhuen Phrasavath
Obma Phrasavath
Sinakone Phrasavath
Sinzay Phrasavath (1982-1998)
Mok Senmany
Tou Senchoummuenmany
Davan Senmany
  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
  LAOS   Grandma Nhot Khamphrasavath
Grandma Kham
Grandma Khamdeng
Grandma Tengon
Grandma Larm
Grandma Phou
Grandma Keo
Grandpa Ot
Chaiphet Phrasavath
Keoduangchai Phrasavath
Bounnhou Khamphrasavath
Nhok Khaphrasavath
Vansy Khamphrasavath
Thar Phrasavath
  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
  ALSO FEATURING
Brooklyn, NY		  

Venerable Khamphoui
Khanty Vatthanavong
Air Vatthanavong
Bobby Hong
Bang
Robert Frison
Lek Maoxomphou
Billy Robert
Bounthavy Vatthanavong

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
  Stockton, CA  

Cynder
PJ
Leuth (Randy) Singkeo
Linda Singkeo
Kean Singkeo
Nang Singkeo
Phou Singkeo
Home Singkeo
Bounnom (Brian) Singkeo
Phou
Mee
Thay J Onhsee
Tho

  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
  With thanks to the Lao community in Rochester, NY (including)  

Chitamongkon Phouthavong
Nat Phouthavong
Kathy Phouthavong
Soanh Phouthavong
Souksakhone Phouthavong
Chittapong Phouthavong
Leechanh Phouthavong
Sikhoun

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
         
  Associate Producer
  Emma Tillinger
  
         
  Post-Production Supervisor
  Riva Marker  
         
  Post-Production Consultant
   Michael Jackman  
         
  Consulting Editor   Ellen Bruno  
         
  Contributing Editors
 

Kate Amend, ACE
Ellen Bruno
Angelo Corrao
Elizabeth Finlayson
Mitzi Goldman
Paula Heredia
Melody London
Kristin Lovejoy
Enat Sidi
Daisy Wright
Justine Wright

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
  Assistant Editors
 

Katherine L. Flint
Rachel Goodlet
Russell Greene
Sharon Hughes
Harriet McKern
Corey Bayes

  
     
     
     
     
     
         
  Camera Assistants
  Rick Gioia
Alison Kelly
Jerry Risius
  
       
       
         
  Additional Camera (Rochester 1984)   Tony Cucchiari
John Ramon		  
       
         
  Father's Arrival Video
  Thavisouk Phrasavath  
         
  Gaffer (Rochester 1984)
   Leighton Edmundson  
         
  Script Supervisor (Rochester 1984)
  Chantal Bernheim  
         
  Sound Recordists
  Ellen Bruno
Ruth Cullen
Stu Deutsch
Peter Hunt
Judy Karp
Ellen Kuras
Etienne Sauret
JT Takagi		  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
  Sound Editor
   Dave Paterson  
         
  Additional Sound Editor
   Benny Mouthon  
         
  Foley Editor, Recordist, and Artist   Rachel Chancey  
         
  Re-Recording Mixer
  Benny Mouthon  
         
  Re-Recording Performed at
  Postworks, NY  
         
  Technical Consultants
  Stefan Brock
George Chung
Benny Mouthon		  
       
       
         
  Dolby Sound Consultant   James P. Nichols  
         
  Music edited and mixed by   Jonathan Schultz  
         
  Performed by  

Sophie Shao, cellist
Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
ERSO Chamber Ensemble

  
         
  Associate Producer – Tallinn    Michael Pärt  
         
  Recorded by              

Jonathan Schultz
Jesse Pynigar
Jim Bruening
Maido Maadik

  
         
  Recorded at   Metodisti Kirik, Tallinn  
         
  Recorded and mixed at   HowE Building, NY  
         
  Music Production Manager           

Elizabeth Cotnoir

  
         
  Music Production Coordinator  

Alan Frey

  
         
  Music Preparation     Sue Sinclair  
         
  Consulting Music Editor   Jennifer Dunnington  
         
 

Music composed, orchestrated and produced by Howard Shore
Published by South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP) © 2008 All rights reserved.

  
         
  Lao Consultant
  Simon Dang "Zay"  
         
  Lao Music Advisors
  Voradeth Ditthavong
Phone Phoumythone		  
     
         
  Lao Grammar Consultant
  Khampha Sidavong Ph.D.  
         
  Additional Voice-Over Recording   Hieng Navongsa  
         
  Pandinlao Production
  

Linzy Emery
Kay Hung
Thomas Keefe
Richard Kathlean
Deborah LaCoy
Christine Lavaf
Brendan O’Sullivan
Ashley Terrill

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
  Isotope Films Coordinator   Jaclyn Paris  
         
  Pandinlao Bookkeeper   Pamela A. Kuras  
         
  Pandinlao Accountants  

Bell & Company
Evan Bell
Marc Rosen

  
         
  THE BETRAYAL Publicist             

Susan Norget Film Promotion
Susan Norget
Eric Hynes

 
         
  US Sales Promotion   Cinetic Media, Inc.  
         
  Foreign Sales Promotion   Celluloid Dreams  
         
  Picture Post Production Services by Deluxe | Postproduction | Toronto
 

Deluxe | Postproduction | Toronto
Dan McLellan
Nick Iannelli
Tony Meerakker
Russ Robertson

  
         
  On-Line Editor   Motassem Younes  
         
  Colorists
  Mila Patriki
Joe Gawler		  
       
         
  Digital Restoration
  Ahmad Ismail  
         
  Project Manager
  Gary Brown  
         
  DI Manager
  Peter Armstrong  
         
  Picture Manager
  Mark Thorp  
         
  Film Transfer Services provided by
  Company 3, NY  
         
  Executive Producer
  Eva Maria Daniels  
         
  Colorists
  Matt Paul
Dave Francis
Scott Starbuck 		 
       
       
         
  Assistant Colorist   Rob Bell  
         
  Film Scanning
  Tif Luckenbill
Andrew Geary		  
       
         
  Production   Jason Robinson
Marie Deleon
Thomas "Apple" Kafer		  
       
       
         
  Fiscal Sponsor          Women Make Movies  
         
  Pandinlao Legal Affairs  

W. Wilder Knight II
F. Robert Stein
Ralph De Palma
Bary Landsman
Of Pryor Cashman, LLP

  
       
       
         
  Music
 

“Incipit Vita Nova”
Written by Gavin Bryars
Performed by David James & String Trio
Used by arrangement with Schott Music Limited,
publisher and copyright owner
Courtesy of ECM Records 1994

 “Sam Neua”
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
(music of the revolution)

“Nok Sant Parb” (Peaceful Bird)
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
(music of the revolution)

“Bomb Ass Pussy” (E-Hee-La-Berd)
Written and performed by Laostha
Copyright Rice Head Media

  
         
  Stock Footage Courtesy of
  

ABCNews Video Source
BBC Motion Gallery
ITN Source
ITN Source/Reuters
SPPN Images, Inc.
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department
US National Archives
Library of Congress

  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
         
         
  Supporters  

CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) formerly
NAATA (National Asian American Telecommunications Association)
Flora Fernandez-Marengo
The Funding Exchange/ Women’s Project
Pamela A. Kuras
Harry Landsburg Memorial Grant
NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Grant
NYSCA – New York State Council Of The Arts
American Documentary | P.O.V.
Soros Documentary Open Society Fund
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund

  
         
 

Shooting format(s):
Primarily 16mm + Super 8mm (optically blown up to 16mm), super 16mm, RED camera, Hi 8mm, ¾’’, VHS.

96 minutes. 2008. USA. 1:85. Dolby Digital. In English and in Lao with English subtitles.

  
         
 
Pandinlao Films, LLC is the author and creator of this motion picture for the
purpose of copyright and other laws in all countries throughout the world.