Underplayed Gems

The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965)

The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam poster
Directed by
Beryl Fox
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
56 min
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A direct cinema documentary that follows people on the ground during the Vietnam War in 1965. It shows real events as soldiers and civilians experience them with no added commentary or music.

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What happens

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 regained 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. National Educational Television distributed the film to American television stations in 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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