Starring Dib Thoj and Kos Lis | Directed by Moua Lee

You hear the sharp blade of the knife cutting across crisp rice fields as the scene opens up to a young woman in the middle of the rice fields in an open sky atmosphere. Weakly, she coughs as the world spins around her and she faints. Hours later, she regains consciousness and slowly stands up and faces her fate.

“Paj Nyiag Txoj Hmoo” introduces us to our heroine, Paj Nyiag, who loses her mother from a tragic death and her father due to her being born a “daughter.” The heart felt words of Paj Nyiag as she sits quietly overlooking the sky is how much she misses her mother and that only her pillow knows her pain and tears. [ Read more... ]