Filmmaker documents first day of Cree’s Habitat for Humanity construction as part of documentary on Montagnard people

Posted by Ginny Skalski

A little over a week ago, Cree employees helped break ground on the world’s first all-LED Habitat for Humanity house. The Cree-sponsored house in Durham, NC, is being built for a Montagnard family originally from the central highlands of Vietnam.

We didn’t know it when we started construction, but a Raleigh filmmaker is documenting the story of the U.S. Special Forces and their loyal allies, the Montagnard people. Montagnards were allies of the United States during the Vietnam War and have since been persecuted for fighting for the United States.

Camden Watts is the producer and director of documentary, Abandoned Allies, which is scheduled to be released in 2011. Camden was at the Cree kick-off event to document the construction of this new home. She produced this short video from the Habitat kickoff event to offer a bit of insight about the Montagnards and to give folks a taste of her upcoming film:

Abandoned Allies Presents: A New Home for a Montagnard Family from Camden Watts on Vimeo.

I can’t wait to see the finished product – both the documentary and Cree’s Habitat house.

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