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... Watch International Film Festival. ] INTRODUCTION The day I interviewed famed cinematographer EllenKuras (who I’d always envisioned as a wishbone with Scorsese and Spike Lee pulling on either leg) and Thavisouk Phrasavath, co-directors of the 23-years-in-the-making labor of love The Betrayal , congratulations were in order. The film, about the fallout from U.S. foreign policy in...
by Jason Guerrasio (November 17, 2008) It's a soggy afternoon in late October and EllenKuras would love to just curl up in bed and get over the wicked flu bug she has, but there's just too much to do - including a lengthy phone interview for this piece. However, multitasking has become second nature to Kuras, in fact, she's made a career out of it.
... extended as it’s hard to know when to draw a line under events. Even with that in mind, director EllenKuras couldn’t have known that it’d take 23 years for her debut feature The Betrayal - a personal exploration of identity and the complex relationship between the US and the Laos fighters and their families whose sacrifices remain unrecognized to this day - to be completed. This...
by Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks (October 21, 2008) Is it wrong to compare every American weekend festival to Telluride ? The venerable Colorado fest sets the standard with its mix of new works, classics, intimate networking, a laid back vibe and a beautiful setting. Notably, the Hamptons International Film Festival took a step in the right direction this year, offering a slightly more casual...
TWENTY-THREE years in the making, EllenKuras' documentary "The Betrayal" is a powerful account of how the American dream became a nightmare for one Laotian family. Creatively filmed - Kuras is best known as the cinematographer for indie films...
By Lauren Wissot [ The Betrayal opens today at the IFC Center in Manhattan. Click here for screening information, here for the film's official website, and here for Lauren Wissot's audio interview with cinematographer/co-writer/co-director EllenKuras and co-writer/co-director/subject Thavisouk Phrasavath. This review was originally published on The House Next Door on June 14th, 2008...
"Some 23 years in the making, EllenKuras's first film as a director is a portrait of Laotian refugee Thavisouk Phrasavath," writes J Hoberman in the Voice. "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) is also a haunting flashback to the lush green...
Each year the Academy whittles down their documentary Oscar contenders to a list of 15 from which they will choose the 5 nominations. The list of 15 for this year are: At the Death House Door by Steve James The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) by EllenKuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh by Roberta Grossman Encounters at the End of the World by...
Justin Davidson proposes a new WPA to revive New York's architectural prospects. Davidson also reviews La Damnation de Faust . David Edelstein reviews Slumdog Millionaire , Bolt , and The Betrayal . Dan Kois chats with director EllenKuras . Emma Rosenblum reveals Ugly Betty 's secret weapon, Becki Newton . Scott Brown reviews Billy Elliot . Will Leitch examines Q-Tip's comeback potential...
Justin Davidson proposes a new WPA to revive New York's architectural prospects. Davidson also reviews La Damnation de Faust . David Edelstein reviews Slumdog Millionaire , Bolt , and The Betrayal . Dan Kois chats with director EllenKuras . Emma Rosenblum reveals Ugly Betty 's secret weapon, Becki Newton . Scott Brown reviews Billy Elliot . Will Leitch examines Q-Tip's comeback potential...
In 1981, Thavisouk Phrasavath, his mother, and eight siblings — all survivors of the war in Laos — arrived in Brooklyn, where they'd been promised a home by U.S. officials. EllenKuras' documentary The Betrayal jumps between the '80s, when the family struggled to make a go of it (Phrasavath, who helped shoot this footage, is credited as codirector), and the present, when Phrasavath learns...
... yet, but seems to be getting spectacular reviews everywhere you turn. Personally I’m stoked to see EllenKuras’ powerful film The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) on the list, which we were able to see at Hot Docs earlier this year and I think definitely deserves at least a nomination. However, where is Kurt Kuenne’s Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father , the emotional flick that...
