Monday, June 16, 2008

Hearts and Minds

Language: English/ French/ Vietnamese - English subtitles where needed
IMDB Rating: 8.5/ 10
Prices won: Oscar (1974)

Plot: This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as their own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteousness militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavors to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other western powers while showing the basic humanity of the people that US propaganda tried to dismiss (IMDB).

"Possibly the best documentary ever made" (Source)

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