Från opium till krysantemum [videorecording] : Lao Tong och Hmongfolket = From opium to chrysanthemums : Lao Tong and the Hmong people / en film av PeA Holmquist, Suzanne Khardalian
Producers, PeA Holmquist, Jouko Aaltonen ; directors, PeA Holmquist, Suzanne Khardalian ; photography, PeA Holmquist
A documentary of the Hmong people of the "Golden Triangle," in the borderland of Thailand, Laos and Burma, looking at what has happened to them both in Thailand and Laos and in the United States. The filmmaker visits the town of Maetho, high in the Thai Mountains and learns that the Hmong are transitioning from opium farming to the vegetable and flower business. While there he witnesses a village divorce proceeding and a Shaman healing ceremony and in Laos mine sweeping crews diffusing unexploded bombs. He then travels to Sacramento and Minneapolis to see how Hmongs in America are working to preserve essential aspects of their culture
