‘This Little Land of Mines’ World Premiere Draws Attention to Lasting Trauma in Laos From U.S. ‘Secret War’

“They were like butterflies, it was like they never slept,” said Mr. Vounta, recalling the bombs that the U.S. dropped on Laos from 1964 to 1973. Mr. Vounta is one of the voices featured in This Little Land of Mines, a film by Erin McGoff, a 2017 Student Fellow from American University. The film premiered at the Landmark Bethesda Row Theater on Thursday, July 18, 2019, to an audience of nearly 200 that filled the theater.

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Erin McGoff at the Q@A for ‘This Little Land of Mines’ World Premiere on July 18th, 2019.