A Short Film for Laos

March. 06,2006

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Vietnam War Globalization

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Part History Channel, part visual diary, and part mesmerizing abstraction, Allan Sekula’s video, A Short Film for Laos, 2006, takes the measure of day-to-day life in what the narrator describes as “the most bombed place on earth.”…

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