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Viet Flakes (1967)

Viet Flakes poster
Directed by
Carolee Schneemann
Genre
war
Country
United States of America
Runtime
8 min
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This experimental short film assembles images of atrocities from the Vietnam War. It functions as a protest piece using collage techniques. The filmmaker later incorporated the footage into her live performances.

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What happens

Viet Flakes is a 1967 American experimental short film by Carolee Schneemann. It is a collage of images of atrocities during the Vietnam War and was produced in protest against the war. Schneemann integrated the film into some of her performance-based works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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