Representation in Media
The first national Laotian-American publication, Lao Roots Magazine, was published in 2007. The English-language magazine is geared toward the younger generation of the Laotian-American community. Published in San Diego by a small volunteer staff, the magazine has reached widespread national circulation within the Laotian-American community. After the publication ceased, former staff member and Yale University graduate Siamphone Louankang created the popular online magazine LaoAmericans.com which continues to share stories by and about Americans of Laotian descent.
The documentary film The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) was directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath. It portrayed the epic of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordinary journey in this deeply personal, poetic, and emotional film. The film won a Spectrum Award for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival; it is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary.
The Souphanousinphone family, Laotian Americans, are featured on King of the Hill, an animated TV series.
The subject of Jamie Wyeth's painting Kalounna in Frogtown is Laotian American.
The subjects of Lancer & Eranetik, two brothers from San Diego, California who share the same passion for breakdancing, was featured on America's Got Talent (season 6) with a dance team called The Body Poets and are now current performers in the Jabbawockeez - "MÜS.I.C" Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. They are also part of a breakdance crew called "The Calamities", which they created in 2002.
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