Synopsis
- After 30 years of conspiracy theories and myth making, this film uncovers the story of the CIA’s most extensive clandestine operation in the history of modern warfare: The Secret War in Laos, which was conducted alongside the Vietnam War from 1964 -1973. While the world's attention was caught by the conflict in Vietnam, the CIA built the busiest military airport in the world in neighbouring and neutral Laos and recruited humanitarian aid personnel, Special Forces agents and civilian pilots to undertake what would become the most effective operation of counterinsurgency warfare.
Never before seen private archive material of the war and exclusive new footage from Long Cheng, a site no westerner has visited for 30 years, illustrate an audacious and tragic chapter of US history.
Crew
- Director: Marc Eberle
- Screenplay: Marc Eberle
- Director of photography: Richard Ladkani
- Editor (Cut): Tobias Steinigeweg
- Producer: Christian Beetz
- Sound: Bert Bartel
- Production company: gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Köln GmbH&Co.KG
Awards
- (2010) Tiburon International Film Festival, CA/USA
Festivals
- (2007) DOK Leipzig, 10th Sichuan TV Festival, 4th UNHCR Refugee Film Festival, NordicFilmdays Lübeck, One World Film Festival, Docudays Beirut, Festival International Du Grand Reportage d’Actualite - FIGRA, 22nd International Festival of Audiovisual Programs - F
