Hearts Minds Vietnam Documentary New Trailer

Coming back to theaters March 2009 1974 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature The title of this documentary was inspired by the mantra recited by those in charge of the Vietnam War: In order to win the war, we must win the hearts and minds of the The failure to achieve this, coupled with the disastrous nowin policies of the higherups, is the nucleus of this film, put together by director Peter Davis in the same manner as Marcel Ophuls The Sorrow and the Pity. Like the Ophuls film, Davis juxtaposes news footage of the Vietnam war with interviews conducted with its observers and participants, interspersing vignettes of the fatuous comments made by the generals and politicians. The film was briefly withdrawn from distribution when Walter Rostow, onetime advisor to President Johnson, insisted that his reputation had been damaged and demanded that the two minutes featuring Rostow oncamera be deleted. More controversy arose when Hear