LaoAmericans

This is a story about four Princes and a soldier fighting a Civil War for the soul of Laos as a proxy to the Cold War. Sinakhone Keodara, the producer of this film, believes that this story belongs to the Laotian diaspora and to the world.

You can’t wait to be discovered or for the perfect opportunity to drop in your lap. You have to do the work, you have to get on stage, make internet videos, perform with other people, write, and be agile in every aspect of this business we call show.

He swam across the Mekong River to reach the refugee camps in Thailand, first staying at Napo, then Ubon. Thavi’s mother and remaining siblings followed two years later, only to meet with a misfortune that would take them over a decade to rectify. Offered just one opportunity to leave, Thavi’s mother had very little time to gather together what remained of her family and quickly flee.