Since 1975,
several million South Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Lao have left
their homelands in rickety boats, fleeing the communists' claim
on their lives.
Of the millions
of Boat People who escaped out to sea, more than 50% died in the
ocean trying to reach free shores. Of those who survived the journey,
more than 200,000 have been waiting in refugee camps, caught between
disaster and freedom. Many were unaccompanied minors, uncertain
even of refugees status, they exist somewhere in crowded camps.
920,000 managed to reach the United States.
SOS - Stories
of Survival is a about several young survivors' stark process of
becoming 'American.' Youngsters who escaped the war's disasters
tell of school days under Communism, inter-generational conflicts
and the way Western prejudice has assaulted their dreams
but have not diminished their dignity.