Betrayal: Reflection

To my surprise, Betrayal wasn't as intriguing as I thought it would be. The storyline was extremely interesting, but in my opinion the directing itself wasn't very good. It didn't attract its audience well.
Betrayal is a documentary film based on one Hmong family who lived in Laos and moved to America after the war during the 60's. They moved to America in hope to find a more comfortable, happy life but to no avail. This was a Hmong family of 11, one mother and 10 children. Their father came in and out of the picture on occasion, but due to the war he was always away from home. The mother of 10 took all of her children to America in hopes to begin a new life, to also make money and to no longer live in fear. Once they arrived, as time went on more and more of her children began to grow more distant from her. They grew up, some got married, some joined gangs and many do not keep in contact with their mother, except for one of her sons. In summary, when you watch the film you will get a feel as to how terrible war is, and how it tears so many families apart.
Although this documentary did not catch my attention in the beginning, I was very interested on the historical aspect of the film. You learn about things that are not written in history books about what else the U.S was doing during 60's; other than the Vietnam war. Betrayal did do a great job in not only touching base historically, but in watching the family grow and showing how war truly effects everyone.