In the Year of the Pig (1968)

Directed by

Emile de Antonio

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines American involvement in the Vietnam War using news footage, interviews, and archival material. It presents a critical perspective on the conflict while it was still ongoing.

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What happens

In the Year of the Pig is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American involvement in the Vietnam War. It was released in 1968 while the U.S. was in the middle of its military engagement, and was politically controversial. One year later, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 1990, Jonathan Rosenbaum characterized the film as "the first and best of the major documentaries about Vietnam". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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