Hearts and Minds
Movie • 1974 • Documentary
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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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There is a scene in which American soldiers are shown in a brothel beginning to have sex.
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Vietnamese people are described by American soldiers and military leaders in very racist terms, including with racial slurs.
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It's a war documentary.
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One very emotional scene shows Vietnamese kids crying while they bury their dad killed in the war.
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One of the American soldiers in the brothel mentions having a girlfriend while he starts making love to a sex worker.
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It's not depicted, but a CIA officer speaks of using eye mutilation as a tactic against Vietnamese people.
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A Vietnamese guy speaks of losing his family to a bombing raid. A Vietnamese coffin maker speaks about making coffins for kids killed in the war from agent orange and bombs.
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American soldiers are repeatedly shown abusing Vietnamese people. An American soldier returns home after having been a prisoner of war who was tortured. Vietnamese prisoners are shown being escorted out of "tiger cages" wherein they were tortured by being forced to sit in a particular position for such an extended period of time that their legs have deformed and they've become paralyzed.
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There are several scenes in which soldiers are depicted forcing Vietnamese people on the ground and they clearly are having trouble breathing.
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It's a documentary about the Vietnam War.
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