Hearts and Minds
A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis's landmark documentary unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources--from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad--Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war.
Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, HEARTS AND MINDS is an overwhelming emotional experience and the controversial winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Running Time
113 mins
Year
1974
Kanopy ID
1113005
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Comments (2)
Stomach churning. An important doc.
This documentary is astonishing and eye-opening. Born and raised as a Vietnamese, I didnt have many opportunities to watch films about the war, rather than just memorizing by hearts what were in the history book. This film came to me when I was looking for an answer of why the U.S. interfered ...Read more
This documentary is astonishing and eye-opening. Born and raised as a Vietnamese, I didnt have many opportunities to watch films about the war, rather than just memorizing by hearts what were in the history book. This film came to me when I was looking for an answer of why the U.S. interfered in Vietnam after WW2. The U.S. had a paranoid answer about the spread of communism in VN. During the war, the Vietnamese were regarding the U.S. as the enemy and Vietnamese soldiers, without any uniform or more accurately, wearing loincloth, were fighting for their country and their independence!
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