United States / Mar 07, 2017 / NR / Salem, MA film festival
Dateline: Saigon (2017)
Directed by Thomas D. Herman
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Lies, deception, and the dangerous search for truth
1h 36min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dateline: Saigon |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | Germany, Iraq, Netherlands, United States of America, Vietnam |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Northern Light Productions, Good Neighbor Productions |
| Release date | 7 marzo 2017 |
| Executive producer | Richard Chapman |
| Production | Amy Macd, Marianne Harris, Susan Grey, Randel Cole, Bestor Cram, Thomas D. Herman |
| Writer | Thomas D. Herman |
| Editing | William A. Anderson, Steven Miloszewski, David Bigelow, Jenni Matz |
| Cinematography | Randel Cole, Bestor Cram, Steve Keeny, Mark Bakker, Abdulkarim Sabham |
| Assistant directors | Thomas D. Herman |
| Camera operators | Randel Cole, Bestor Cram, Steve Keeny, Mark Bakker, Abdulkarim Sabham |
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| Additional photography | Randel Cole, Bestor Cram, Steve Keeny, Mark Bakker, Abdulkarim Sabham |
| Music | Michael Josephs, Pepijn Aben, Dominique Siemens, Greg McCleary, Geof Thurber |
| Sound | Pepijn Aben, Dominique Siemens, Michael Josephs, Greg McCleary, Geof Thurber |
Release dates
Limited release
Digital
United States / May 10, 2016
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