The Betrayal – nominated for Academy Award
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOUN), directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phravasath has been nominated for the 2009 Best Documentary Feature Academy Award! Opening in theaters across the US in February, THE BETRAYAL documents Laoatian refugees who arrived in Brooklyn in the early 80s, and struggled to make a new home while grappling with memories of war and dislocation. THE BETRAYAL is currently being released in the US, and will open in the Bay Area on February 27, 2009.