The place where we were born
(DVD)

Originally produced in 2007.

"The place where we were born is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the generous sponsorship of the Center for Hmong Studies, and Concordia University"--Film credits

Writer, narrator, Kao Kalia Yang; performer, Bee Yang; composer, Casey O'Brien; production and sound designer, editor, John O'Brien; editor, Graham O'Brien; photography, Michael Schwartz.

Narrated by Kao Kalia Yang.

"When does experience end and reflection begin? Until a people can reflect on where they've come from, they will spend all of their time searching for where they are. This is the Hmong refugee experience, reflected and refracted in the scope of a lyric documentary by Kao Kalia Yang, writer, and John O'Brien, filmmaker. Funded by the MN State Arts Board and sponsored by the Center for Hmong Studies, this work is dedicated to the Hmong people who lived in the camp. Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, like camps the world over, was never meant to last. But in the memories of those who lived there: the camps will always be"--Container

DVD-R, NTSC; widescreen.

Narration in English.