The ethnographic film The Split Horn, shares the experience of resettlement of a Hmong shaman named Paja Thao and his family who are originally from Laos and now settled in the United States of America. The filmmakers demonstrate the struggles present in maintaining culture in a society where a different culture dominates. Cultural differences are seen to arise between Paja and his children as some of his children drift away from Hmong traditions and adopt to the western culture. This cultural difference between Paja and his children is shown to impact Paja’s mental health negatively. The cultural differences between Paja and his children is seen for example when Paja is practicing a Hmong ritual of contacting ancestral spirits in his home
