Left Behind

Saturday, March 14, 2:05 pm - 2:25 pm
Directed/Produced by Taen Bounthapanya
2025. USA. 7 min.
Country/Region Featured: Laos | Languages: Lao and English

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In-person Q&A with Writer/Director Taen Bounthapanya

Laos became the most heavily bombed country in modern history after the United States dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs from 1964 to 1973. Millions of the bombs, unfortunately, remain embedded in the country's lands and fields as unexploded ordinance, commonly known as "bombies." The legacy of the U.S. involvement in Laos during the U.S.-Vietnam War leave behind scars that remain visible today. Individual stories often get lost in the larger narrative of war, but this creative documentary short film shows the human story that echoes the legacy of bombies left behind.

Southeast Asia, Laos