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Laos: So You Think the War is Over
Series Title:Fighting the Tide 3: Developing Nations and Globalization
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Review Available:Review
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:2009
Audience:Middle/Junior High School
High School
Running Time:25 min
Physical Description:(Null)
Author:Network Ireland Television
Subject:History
Subheading:Vietnam War
Region:Southeast Asia
Country:Laos



Abstract:

Due to its entanglement in America’s Vietnam war, Laos is frequently cited as, per capita, the most bombed country in the world. This program shows how a conflict that officially ended over three decades ago still kills and maims innocent civilians. Viewers meet several families decimated by unexploded munitions, or “bombies” in the local vernacular, that were dropped between 1964 and 1973. As the film demonstrates, these explosives are often accidentally detonated in the course of agricultural work and have brought many family farms to the brink of ruin. Bounpone Sayasenh, director of UXO Lao, further illuminates the grim legacy of American air power—a legacy made more visible with every deadly harvest. A part of the series Fighting the Tide 3: Developing Nations and Globalization. (Portions in Lao with English subtitles, 25 minutes)






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