Friday, September 27, 2013

Film of the Week

Vietnam Documentary

Currently viewing The Anderson Platoon (1967) directed by Indochine War veteran Pierre Schoendoerffer. Shot in Vietnam in1966, it is a portrait of 33 GIs led by black West Point graduate Lieutenant Joseph Anderson.  Schoendoerffer follows them for 6 weeks through search and destroy missions, downtime and back in again. It won the 1967 Academy Award for Documentary Feature and several other prestigious awards including Cannes.

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