Betrayal Research

The Betrayal was relased in 2008 and documented the lives of a Laotian family who are refugees in America after leaving Laos during the war.

This critical documentary shows how war had destroyed a family and their culture. It shows how the Americans did not take into consideration the repricutions of their actions after recruiting Laotian people to fight against their country's government.

Laos is a country located in Southeast Asia and declared its independence from France in 1945. However, by 1950 France had repositioned its control and stated that Laos was an "associated state" within the French Union. Laos has a long history of involved foreign countries and slowly they were drawn into the difficulties and war with North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Their intereference with the War cased the U.S. to become invovled with the country in order to prevent a communist governement from taking control. While the U.S. fought to maintain peace and democracy in Southeast Asia, their efforts were useless when a civil war developed in Laos and a communist government was established.