Interviews with My Lai Veterans

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Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading up to the attack, their expectations of what they would find there, and the subsequent massacre of the inhabitants and destruction of the village, as well as possible motivations for the killings and rapes which took place. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

War

Duration:

22 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Joseph Strick

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Company:

Laser Film Corporation

Cast:
Richard Hammer

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Crew:
Joseph Strick

Director

Joseph Strick

Writer

Richard Pearce

Director of Photography

Howard Milkin

Sound Recordist

Haskell Wexler

Director of Photography