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The Vietnam War
Documentary · 2017
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
The sides of The Vietnam War
- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's history of the war
- American veterans, protesters and Vietnamese witnesses
- From French Indochina to the fall of Saigon
The Vietnam War is good for you if…
- you want the whole war, from the French colonial years to 1975.
- you like hearing soldiers from both sides describe the same battles.
- you want witnesses rather than actors.
The Vietnam War is bad for you if…
- ten long episodes is too much for you.
- you can't stand real footage of combat and the dead.
About: war · lies of power · memory
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