Bomb Harvest | Not on your Doorstep

[Chaostika7-17th 10]

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Between 1964 and 1973 it rained bombs all eight minutes, day and night on a small country. The us-american troops strewed more explosive devices than in the whole second world war on the about 237,000 square kilometre country. In no other country in the world more bombs have fallen per head than in laos.

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Bomb Harvest is a 2007 documentary film directed by Australian filmmaker Kim Mordaunt, and produced by Sylvia Wilczynski. It explores the consequences of war in Laos as it follows an Australian bomb disposal specialist, training locals in the skill of detonating bombs while trying to stop villagers, particularly children, from finding them and using them for scrap metal.

During the American War in Vietnam, Laos was the target of the heaviest US bombing campaign since World War II, making Laos the most bombed country in history. The legacy is a large amount of unexploded ordnance, ranging from small cluster bomb submunitions to large gravity bombs.

Bomb Harvest explores how three generations of people have been left to deal with the consequences of the air war, and depicts the bravery of those trying to clear up its remnants.

The film crew spent two months on the ground with bomb disposal teams from the Mines Advisory Group as they dealt with live bombs, in areas of Laos which have never been filmed in before. The film premiered at the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, and won a Children's Advocacy award at the 2008 Artivist Film Festival.

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Edited July 11, 2011 by Chaostika7-17th

[nettrucker 142]

Have seen the docu. Man, I felt pity for all the children that have to live with such kind of threat. I do not hate Americans but I hate the American Power structure and establishment who's constantly involved in wars because it's a billion dollar business to them.

In any case it was an interesting watch.

Thanks for posting.

cheers

[svendejong 0]

saddening indeed.

I was wondering, is the US in any way involved in helping Laos getting rid of the unexploded ordonance.

To me it feels there is some moral obligation there, but well im just a treehuging hippy.

[nettrucker 142]

Not to my knowledge. Moral obligation has no weight in the US Power structure. That conclusion has come to me after reading the book "Confessions of an economic hitman" by John Perkins.

In any case I just want to make it once again clear that I have no issues whatsoever with American people, have a lot of American friends. My issue is with the US Power structure and Politicians most of them at least.

kind regards