The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)

56m
Running Time

December 5, 1965
Release Date

The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)

56m
Running Time

December 5, 1965
Release Date

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Plot.

A documentary on the war in South Vietnam shot entirely on location. There is no narration and no use of archive footage. The participants speak for themselves. The filmmakers spend time with units from many services: army, tanks, marines, ARVN, air cavalry. They accompany an air force napalm and strafing attack on a Viet Cong bunker complex. There are many scenes both of Saigon streets and of peasant village life. Soldiers speak of their experiences and their mission to fight Communism in Vietnam. One American informant says that the Vietnamese peasant is not interested in ideology, but in social justice, a piece of land, fair taxation, and to be left alone. Some interviews are used as voice-over. Participants, American and Vietnamese, are very natural, with little or no posturing for the camera. There are scenes of dead Viet Cong, and one showing a VC suspect being drowned to aid interrogation.

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Release Date
December 5, 1965

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Released

Running Time
56m

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The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam is a 1965 Canadian documentary film directed by Beryl Fox and narrated by Bernard B. Fall. Made in the direct cinema style, the film documents the Vietnam War.In late 1965, Erik Durschmied shot The Mills of the Gods: Vietnam for the CBC series Document, produced and directed by Beryl Fox. During three weeks of filming Durschmied became ill, Tim Page was hired to continue filming until Durschmied was back to full health.The film aired on CBC Television on December 5, 1965, as an episode of Document, the documentary companion series to the news magazine This Hour Has Seven Days. At a time when the anti-war movement was in its infancy, the film opened conversations around the world.

In 1966, The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam won the George Polk Award for Best Television Documentary and the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year.

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