‘Rhizome’ Explores Legacy of Laos Secret War at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

A new feature film examining the buried trauma of America’s “Secret War” in Laos is seeking co-producers and sales agents at ...
Human Rights Watch

Laos: Implement UPR Recommendations, End Attacks on Critics

Human Rights Watch welcomes Laos’s support of 189 recommendations of the 257 received during its fourth UPR Cycle, including recommendations to ratify the International Convention for the Protection ...
SFGate

In return to Laos, writer/director uses to local boy to star in drama

When "Bomb Harvest" opened in 2007, Kim Mordaunt's documentary about an Australian munitions expert tracking explosives in Laos received a warm reaction from audiences. There was just one caveat, the ...
Global Voices Online

Lao political, environmental activist survives gun attack

An unknown assailant attacked 25-year-old activist Anousa “Jack” Luangsouphom with two gunshots on April 29 at the After School Chocolate & Bar shop in Vientiane, Laos. Fearing for his safety, Jack’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Laos-Set Drama Earns Top Honors at Tribeca

"The Rocket," one of the first films shot in the southeast Asian country of Laos, took two top prizes on Thursday as the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the winners of its film ...