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Jul 11, 2010

‘Nerakhoon’ (‘The Betrayal’) - Refugees’ Tale Took 23 Years to Tell - NYTimes.com

Pandinlao Productions
Thavisouk Phrasavath and his mother in a scene from “The Betrayal” (“Nerakhoon”), a documentary directed by Ellen Kuras.
By DENNIS LIM
Published: June 8, 2008
IT is not exactly news that independent productions can take a seeming eternity. But “The Betrayal” (“Nerakhoon”), a documentary about a refugee family from Laos and the first feature directed by the cinematographer Ellen Kuras, stretches most definitions of a marathon shoot. It was 23 years in the making.

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