CPT12 Pressroom2009 Academy Award-nominated Documentary will air Sunday on Channel 12Release Date: 01/14/10
Author: M Simmons
DENVER – (January 14, 2010) – The 2009 Academy Award-nominated documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) will air Sunday, Jan. 17 at 8:30 p.m. on Colorado Public Television’s Channel 12.1.
The film follows a family’s harrowing journey from war-torn Laos to the streets of New York. Filmed over a 23-year period, the film focuses on Thavi, who went from being the 12-year-old son of a Royal Lao officer to a beleaguered son and brother trying to keep his fatherless family together on America’s gang-ridden streets. The film is the directorial debut of Ellen Kuras, an award-winning cinematographer. With Thavi as co-director and editor, Kuras crafted a film that examines exile, the far-reaching consequences of war and the bonds of family that can be betrayed but never forgotten. A full schedule of air times for programs on KBDI’s three digital channels can be found at www.KBDI.org. |