Hearts and Minds

United States of America, 1974

Film

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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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Credits

producer

Peter Davis

Duration

01:52:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-42449

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

War

TMDB-Movie

42449

Wikidata

Q3280602

Collected

65 times

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