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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