The film centres on the difficultly of assimilating into American life and the cultural obstacles encountered through the medium of the break-up of the narrators family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.
The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficultly of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.