Dateline-Saigon is a powerful, haunting documentary about 5 journalists reporting the truth about the Vietnam War
Dateline-Saigon, documentary, Vietnam War, reporting, reporters, journalism, Thomas D. Herman, David Halberstam, Malcolm Browne, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, Horst Faas, John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy, New York Times, Associated Press, United Press International
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Lies, deception, and the dangerous search for truth.

Southeast Asia. 1960’s. Flash point of the Cold War. Dateline-Saigon is the inspiring story of a small group of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists — David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and the great photojournalist Horst Faas — who fought to report a truth that was vastly different from the rosy White House version during the early years of the Vietnam War, as their own government sought to discredit them — and worse. Dateline-Saigon is a distant mirror on a present-day drama: the determination of courageous citizens to speak truth to power. Narrated by Sam Waterston, the documentary combines the drama and high stakes of All the President’s Men with the romance and danger of The Year of Living Dangerously.

History Film Festival 2019 Official Selection
Coronado Island Film Festival Best Documentary
WoodsHole FilmFest award
Berkshire International Film Festival
Coronado Island Film Festival
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival 2017 Jury Award Best Documentary
Sedona Film Festival
Salem Film Fest 2017 Official Selection

“If the government is telling the truth, reporters become a minor, relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening. 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.”

David Halberstam, The New York Times

The protagonists

Dateline-Saigon DVD

Dateline-Saigon

Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary
Time: 96 minutes
Rating: Unrated

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