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Hearts and Minds
1974 · Film · documentary · 112 min
Directed by Peter Davis
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
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Pretty good ones:
Hearts and Minds (great Vietnam War documentary) - https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXk3jwwTEBZ4_wwEAAAac?action=play
My Best Fiend (Klaus Kinski biography/documentary by Werner Herzog) - https://watch.plex.tv/movie/my-best-fiend?autoplay=1&utm_content=628fe4442b55597104c4d2be
>I went through the US educational system and while we know about the Vietnam war, the protesters, this is definitely not the picture of the war that we were given.
I just want to be one anecdotal voice to disagree with this statement. I went to a city university and my American history class 1945-present included a curriculum with media such as:
A People's History of the United States
The Fog of War (documentary)
Hearts and Minds (documentary)
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
Gary R. Hess, Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War.
Nick Turse. Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.
I know some of my friends took courses where the Vietnam War was referred to pejoratively as the American War. We learned about My Lai in high school even. Where did you go to school that the Vietnam War was glossed over in such a pro-American way? Maybe it's a regional thing? I was educated on the east coast.