Redcoates Studios – Karen Coates & Jerry Redfern / Words • Images • Consulting
Eternal Harvest – The Legacy of American Bombs in Laos
Karen Coates – Journalist • Author • Editor • Consultant
Description: America carried out one of the largest bombing campaigns in history against Laos during the Vietnam War. Eternal Harvest interviews Laotians who live amid bombs, as well as the people cleaning up the decades-old, deadly mess. Years in the making, this film dives deep into questions of war and responsibility.
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Between 1964 and 1973, in an offshoot of the Vietnam War, the U.S. military dropped 4 billion pounds of explosives on Laos , making it the most heavily bombed country—per capita—on the planet. Up to 30 percent of those bombs did not detonate , and they remain in the Laotian soil today as UXO—unexploded ordnance —contaminating more than one-third of surface area of the country. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in UXO accidents since the war officially ended. The first bombs fell mo
This film introduces Laotians who lived through the bombing campaign and those who live with bombs in their fields today. We feature local and foreign experts who explain the scope and hazards of the problem as well as how UXO is removed safely.
Hundreds of Laotians work daily to clear bombs from their country. Only a handful of Americans have ever joined them. One, Jim Harris, is a retired school principal from Wisconsin. He has returned year after year for more than 20 years—to atone for the incredible devastation committed by his government.
Redcoates Studios – Karen Coates & Jerry Redfern / Words • Images • Consulting
Eternal Harvest – The Legacy of American Bombs in Laos
Karen Coates – Journalist • Author • Editor • Consultant