The Mills of the Gods: VietnamCall Number: DS557.7 .M55 2006
DVD--Circulation Desk
Made in 1964 by Canadian filmmaker Beryl Fox, this award-winning documentary shows firsthand the futility, sorrow, and inhumanity of the Vietnam War. The program creates a sense of tension and foreboding in viewers by contrasting scenes of everyday Vietnamese life with napalm strikes, civilian casualties, and torture of POWs. Sounds and visual images accentuate a theme of conflict between people and ideologies. As a primary source of coverage, the film's frontline interviews with troops, pilots, and touring politicians allow viewers today to understand the rhetoric that justified a disaster for all involved. --Cover description.