The American War
(2019, original release: 2018)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
El Dorado Films, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6883339
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

This documentary tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of five Vietcong veterans: a soldier, an officer, an informant, a guerilla, a My Lai survivor and the leader of the Long Hair (all women) army. Using rarely seen North Vietnamese archival footage, animated illustrations and interviews set in homes, villages and prisons, THE AMERICAN WAR gives voice and character to Vietcong veterans. They tell us why they served. Directed by an American veteran of the Iraq War, Daniel Bernardi, we experience Vietcong memories of the TET Offensive, of the My Lai Massacre, of torture at the ends of the South Vietnamese army, of PTSD, building the Ho Chi Minh Trail - and of forgiveness. Official Selection at the **American Documentary Film Festival**

Film

In Process Record

Huynh Duc, Huynh Thi Binh, Nguyen Dinh Ngat

Originally produced by El Dorado Films in 2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English,Vietnemese

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