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Homemade Rockets Soar in Laos in 'The Rocket' (Movie Trailer)

By Miriam Kramer
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A coming of age tale set in Laos, "The Rocket," follows a boy on a mission — he wants to build a rocket and enter it into the rocket festival. Image uploaded Jan. 21, 2014.
A coming of age tale set in Laos, "The Rocket," follows a boy on a mission — he wants to build a rocket and enter it into the rocket festival. Image uploaded Jan. 21, 2014. (Image credit: <a href="http://www.therocket-movie.com/">The Rocket</a>)

A coming of age tale set in Laos, "The Rocket" follows a boy on a mission — he wants to build a rocket and enter it into a rocket competition. The event is dangerous (as any competition involving shooting off homemade rockets probably would be), but the boy wants to enter it in order to prove he's not bad luck.

The trailer for the new movie is an exciting glimpse into the trials and tribulations the boy and his family face during the film. "The Rocket" is now playing in New York City and won three awards at the Tribeca Film Festival. Watch the trailer in the window below:

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Miriam Kramer
Miriam Kramer
Staff Writer

Miriam Kramer joined Space.com as a Staff Writer in December 2012. Since then, she has floated in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight, felt the pull of 4-Gs in a trainer aircraft and watched rockets soar into space from Florida and Virginia. She also served as Space.com's lead space entertainment reporter, and enjoys all aspects of space news, astronomy and commercial spaceflight.  Miriam has also presented space stories during live interviews with Fox News and other TV and radio outlets. She originally hails from Knoxville, Tennessee where she and her family would take trips to dark spots on the outskirts of town to watch meteor showers every year. She loves to travel and one day hopes to see the northern lights in person. Miriam is currently a space reporter with Axios, writing the Axios Space newsletter. You can follow Miriam on Twitter.