Directed by
Ellen Kuras
Co-Directed by
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Written by
Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Produced by
Ellen Kuras
Produced by
Flora Fernandez-Marengo
Co-Produced by
W.Wilder Knight
Gini Reticker
Chiemi Karasawa
Music Composed and Conducted by
Howard Shore
Cinematography by
Ellen Kuras, ASC
Edited by
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Voice of the Grandmother by
Boualay Vannalith
Associate Producer
Emma Tillinger
Post-Production Supervisor
Riva Marker
Post-Production Consultant
Michael Jackman
Consulting Editor
Ellen Bruno
Contributing Editors
Kate Amend, ACE
Ellen Bruno
Angelo Corrao
Elizabeth Finlayson
Mitzi Goldman
Paula Heredia
Melody London
Kristin Lovejoy
Enat Sidi
Daisy Wright
Justine Wright
Assistant Editors
Katherine L. Flint
Rachel Goodlet
Russell Greene
Sharon Hughes
Harriet McKern
Corey Bayes
Camera Assistants
Rick Gioia
Alison Kelly
Jerry Risius
Additional Camera (Rochester 1984)
Tony Cucchiari
John Ramon
Father's Arrival Video
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Gaffer (Rochester 1984)
Leighton Edmundson
Script Supervisor (Rochester 1984)
Chantal Bernheim
Sound Recordists
Ellen Bruno
Ruth Cullen
Stu Deutsch
Peter Hunt
Judy Karp
Ellen Kuras
Etienne Sauret
JT Takagi
Sound Editor
Dave Paterson
Additional Sound Editor
Benny Mouthon
Foley Editor, Recordist, and Artist
Rachel Chancey
Re-Recording Mixer
Benny Mouthon
Re-Recording Performed at
Postworks, N.Y.
Technical Consultants
Stefan Brock
George Chung
Benny Mouthon
Dolby Sound Consultant
James P. Nichols
Music edited and mixed by
Jonathan Schultz
Performed by
Sophie Shao, cellist
Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
ERSO Chamber Ensemble
Associate Producer
Tallinn
Michail Pärt
Recorded by
Jonathan Schultz
Jesse Pynigar
Jim Bruening
Maido Maadik
Recorded at
Metodisti Kirik, Tallinn
Recorded and mixed at
HowE Building, NY
Music Production Manager
Elizabeth Cotnoir
Music Production Coordinator
Alan Frey
Music Preparation
Sue Sinclair
Consulting Music Editor
Jennifer Dunnington
Music composed, orchestrated and produced by
Howard Shore
Published by
South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP) © 2008 All rights reserved.
Lao Consultant
Simon Dang "Zay"
Lao Music Advisors
Voradeth Ditthavong
Phone Phoumythone
Lao Grammar Consultant
Khampha Sidavong, Ph.D.
Additional Voice-Over Recording
Hieng Navongsa
Pandinlao Production
Linzy Emery
Kay Hung
Thomas Keefe
Richard Kathlean
Deborah LaCoy
Christine Lavaf
Brendan O'Sullivan
Ashley Terrill
Isotope Films Coordinator
Jaclyn Paris
Pandinlao Bookkeeper
Pamela A. Kuras
Pandinlao Accountants
Bellandcompany
Picture Post Production Services by
Deluxe | Postproduction | Toronto
On-Line Editor
Motassem Younes
Colorists
Mila Patriki
Joe Gawler
Digital Restoration
Ahmad Ismail
Project Manager
Gary Brown
DI Manager
Peter Armstrong
Picture Manager
Mark Thorp
Film Transfer Services provided by
Company 3 NY
Executive Producer
Eva Maria Daniels
Colorists
Matt Paul
Dave Francis
Scott Starbuck
Assistant Colorist
Rob Bell
Film Scanning
Tif Luckenbill
Andrew Geary
Production
Jason Robinson
Marie Deleon
Thomas "Apple" Kafer
VFX Supervisor
Eric J. Robertson
Digital Compositors
Chris "Pinkus" Wesselman
Daniel Abramovich
Fiscal Sponsor
Women Make Movies
Pandinlao Legal Affairs
W. Wilder Knight
F. Robert Stein
Ralph De Palma
Bary Landsman
Of Pryor Cashman, LLP
Stock Footage Courtesy of
ABCNews Video Source
BBC Motion Gallery
ITN Source
ITN Source/Reuters
SPPN Images, Inc.
Pinellas County Sheriff's Department
US National Archives
Library of Congress
Jean Jacques Cesbron
Thelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese
Beverly Woods (Mentor)
The Kuras Family
PostFactory
eFilms
Cyril Drabinsky
A Co-Production with American Documentary | POV
Executive Producer for American Documentary | POV
Cara Mertes
This program is a Diverse Voices Project co-production made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
Production funding provided by:
Soros Documentary Open Society Fund/ Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
Center for Asian American Media
Mark Turtletaub
Pamela A. Kuras
The Funding Exchange/ Women's Project
NEH -- National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Grant
NYSCA -- New York State Council Of The Arts
Harry Landsburg Memorial Grant
Cinereach
This program was produced by Pandinlao Films, LLC
which is solely responsible for its content.
Co-Presented by the Center for Asian American Media