17th Parallel: Vietnam in War (1968)

Original title

Le dix-septième parallèle, la guerre du peuple

Directed by

Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Joris Ivens

Genre

documentary film

Country

Vietnam, France

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how ordinary Vietnamese farmers lived under heavy American bombing. It follows a community in North Vietnam near the 17th parallel as they endure war and continue their daily work.

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What happens

17th Parallel: Vietnam in War (French: Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple) is a 1968 French documentary film directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Joris Ivens. The film sets out to show the effects of the American bombing campaign on the Vietnamese people, who were mainly peasant farmers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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