Vietnam Requiem
Vietnam Requiem is a 1982 ABC News Closeup television documentary directed by Bill Couturié and Jonas McCord and photographed by Ted Haimes.
Summary
[edit]It is about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by veterans. The film comprises interviews with five Vietnam War veterans then in prison for crimes committed after discharge, inter-cut with news footage from the time of the war, with narration by Peter Thomas.[1]
Release
[edit]After its television broadcast, it was released to educational institutions by Direct Cinema Limited.[2]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 1982, winner of a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Special Classification for Outstanding Program Achievement - Program[3]
- nominated for three News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming: Cinematography for Ted Haimes, Editing for Stephen Stept, and Ken Melville and Dawn Atkinson for Music Composing
- 1982 winner of a Peabody Award for ABC.
- 1983 winner of the Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.[4]
- 1983 winner of the CINE Golden Eagle - Television Documentary/Short Subject[5]
References
[edit]- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ Video for libraries : special interest video for small and medium-sized public libraries. Chicago : American Library Association. 1988. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8389-0498-5. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 2018-07-28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Golden Nymph Award Winners" (PDF). Monaco Mediax. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Winner's Archive - CINE
- Vietnam requiem, ISBN 1-55974-216-X.