1971
6.0 (15 votes)
0h 22m
Genres
Documentary
War
Production Companies
Laser Film Corporation
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Joseph Strick
Producer: Joseph Strick
Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler, Richard Pearce
Writer: Joseph Strick
