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SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!!

An Exit Strategy in Action

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THOV NEJ LOS PAB SAIB KUV DAIM MOVIE THIAB COV DUAB NO UAS KUV UA TXOG HMOOB LUB NEEJ YAV NTUJ THAUB UB.
NYOB ZOO!
NYOB ZOO
About 2000 years ago the Hmong were a united race in China, living beside the Yellow River. Today they are scattered by war and torn by politics and culture. Secret Wars is a documentary about the Hmong Special Guerilla Units in Laos during the time of the Vietnam Conflict and what became of them after our retreat from South East Asia.
These skilled fighters were recruited and trained by the CIA for the purpose of fighting the North Vietnamese Regular Army, which had taken control of Laos around the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Throughout a 15 year war the Hmong proved themselves to be, "...our most loyal allies - Brig Gen Sal Villano"
Today Laos is much different, but our Hmong allies are still fighting the war the supposedly ended 30+years ago. The Hmong "Chou Fa" or "Freedom Fighters" struggle to exist day to day. The live in the jungles of Laos, hiding from the Communists who still hunt them down.
The first cut of the film is complete, look for it at a theater near you... SOON! Screen Shots(more in my PICS) *UA TSAUG UAS NEJ TSEEM MUAB LUB SIJ HAWM LOS SAIB KUV DAIM MOVIE NO THIAB! **YUAV TAWM SAI SAI TOM NTEJ NO RAU HAUV THEATERS
Bill Lair (top) and Vang Pao (bottom) have aged quite a bit since the war.
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President Nixon (top) calls for the retreat that still angers and hurts many Hmong in Laos (bottom). **NO YOG IB TUG POJ NIAM HMOOB NYOB RAU YAV NTUJ QUB TAM SIM NO, TAU QUAJ THOV LUB NTUJ KOM PEB PAB.
General "Heinie" Aderholt recounts the effectiveness of Hmong Patrols.
NO YOG NAIS PHOO"HEINIE" ADERHOLT THAWM NWJ ROV QAB PIB SUAB SEB COV HMOOB HO PAB NPAUM CAS THAWM COV HMOOB UA ROG NROG COV NYABLAJ NYOB RAU THAUB UB ..
This photo by Marlin Hiese shows an old Hmong woman at Ban Vinai refugee camp. **TAG LI NO LAWV.YOB HAIB THIAJ NEJ MUAJ LUS NOOG THIAB XAV PAUB NTAU TSHAJ NO, TUAJ SAIB KUV QHOV WEBSITE NO LOS YOG SAU NTAWV RAU KUV. UA TSAUG!!**

My Interests

THE HMONG FLAG? (HMOOB TUS CHIJ)

Music:

Soundtrack for Secret Wars by -
Moua C. Thao
800 the Jewell
Gunther B.
and Dow Jones

Special Thanks to the Kronos Quartet for the use of their piece for the internet trailer.

Heroes:

Special Thanks to: Optimum Systems, Intl., Lao Hmong American Coalition, The Hmong Archives, The Center For Hmong Studies @ the Univ. Concordia, Yue Pheng Xiong and Hmong ABC, The National Archives @ College Park MD, Nelson Rand, the FFC, Phillip Blankensop, Ravens.org, May Vang, and Cave Thao.

My Blog

VANG PAO AND HIS ROLL IN SECRET WARS

The current Federal case against the General Vang Pao is a troubling one. When a man who has for so long had the burden of protecting and leading his people, is forced to watch those people suffer at ...
Posted by SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!! on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:09:00 PST

SECRET WARS IN ST. PAUL!

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Posted by SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!! on Wed, 23 May 2007 02:28:00 PST

LONGBAUGH FILM FEST INFO

Here's the Secret Wars page for Longbaugh! They did a good writeup on us!!http://lff.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=1313 3480
Posted by SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!! on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:58:00 PST

About bootlegging...

We here at OFI are AMPED that the documentary has been getting such good responses in the public. And with that acclaim comes a certain amount of immitation. That's very flattering, but copywrite infr...
Posted by SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!! on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:57:00 PST

Sneak Previews a Success... Kind of...

Well you can please some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time. I hope that 3 yrs, and more $$$ than I can legally disclose haven't gone to waist. It is my promise to the Hmo...
Posted by SECRET WARS SHOWING IN DENVER on FEB 7th!!!! on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:15:00 PST