
Naqoyqatsi
2002

“If ever a film could stop the war, this film is it!”
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"Inside North Vietnam" is a documentary directed by Felix Greene that documents life in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, focusing on civilians, rural communities, and reconstruction efforts following U.S. bombing raids. Filmed during Greene’s visit as a Western journalist with rare access to the region, the documentary combines observational footage of everyday life with scenes of damage and recovery, presenting a contemporaneous record of North Vietnamese society during wartime.
Director
Felix GreeneWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Felix Greene and some Japanese cameramen deliver something quite harrowing to watch as his camera trawls the ancient land of Vietnam in 1965 just as the war from the south of the country visited itself on the communist north. Formerly part of French Indo-China, private land ownership has been morphed into public communality and we see families engaged in the sort of traditional agrarian living that employs some 95% of the rural population. Then the US forces start to target their smaller towns and cities, destroying infrastructure, buildings and people in equal measure. Despite assurances from…
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Felix Greene and some Japanese cameramen deliver something quite harrowing to watch as his camera trawls the ancient land of Vietnam in 1965 just as the war from the south of the country visited itself on the communist north. Formerly part of French Indo-China, private land ownership has been morphed into public communality and we see families engaged in the sort of traditional agrarian living that employs some 95% of the rural population. Then the US forces start to target their smaller towns and cities, destroying infrastructure, buildings and people in equal measure. Despite assurances from…
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Felix Greene and some Japanese cameramen deliver something quite harrowing to watch as his camera trawls the ancient land of Vietnam in 1965 just as the war from the south of the country visited itself on the communist north. Formerly part of French Indo-China, private land ownership has been morphed into public communality and we see families engaged in the sort of traditional agrarian living that employs some 95% of the rural population. Then the US forces start to target their smaller towns and cities, destroying infrastructure, buildings and people in equal measure. Despite assurances from…
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