Hearts and Minds
A FILM BY PETER DAVIS
112 mins, 1974
on Saturday, Sept 17 at: 6.30 pm
Synopsis
Peter Davis’s landmark Oscar winning documentary, unflinchingly
confronts the US involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources:
from interviews to newsreels, to documentary footage of the conflict at home and in Vietnam, Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war.
It is that rare documentary whose truth and relevance have been
underlined and amplified by the passage of time. Though its time-set
is the 10yr Vietnam war that cost 60,000 American lives and caused
internal upheaval and a bitter aftermath, Davis’s work endures as a
touchstone of America’s concept of Americanism, patriotism and
political principle.
112 mins, 1974
on Saturday, Sept 17 at: 6.30 pm
Synopsis
Peter Davis’s landmark Oscar winning documentary, unflinchingly
confronts the US involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources:
from interviews to newsreels, to documentary footage of the conflict at home and in Vietnam, Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war.
It is that rare documentary whose truth and relevance have been
underlined and amplified by the passage of time. Though its time-set
is the 10yr Vietnam war that cost 60,000 American lives and caused
internal upheaval and a bitter aftermath, Davis’s work endures as a
touchstone of America’s concept of Americanism, patriotism and
political principle.