Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam

original title:
Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam
country / year of production:
USA / 1987
original length:
85 min. , color
premiere:
3 April 1988, HBO
genre:
Documentary
based on:
New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, Bernard Edelman (Ed.). Dear America. Letters Home From Vietnam. Norton: W.W.& Company, 1985.
director:
Bill Couturié
film script:
Richard Dewhurst
producer:
Bill Couturié
cinematographer:
Michael G. Chin
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
J. Kenneth Campbell , Richard Chaves , Brian Dennehy , Willem Dafoe , Robert De Niro
more:
plot synopsis:
Based on the book of the same name, the program is devoted to poignant recitations of letters to and from American participants of the Vietnam war. The letters are heard over images culled from news footage, home movies and still photography, with contemporary music added to put things in the proper historical context. The 2-hour film, featuring readings from various well-known actors (see cast list), was a co-production involving Bill Couturie, a previous Emmy winner for Vietnam Requiem, and the Vietnam Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company.

keywords:
post-war era
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Barry Dornfeld. „Dear America. Transperancy, authority, and interpretation in a Vietnam war documentary“. In: Linda Dittmar/ Gene Michaud (Eds.). From Hanoi to Hollywood. The Vietnam war in American Film. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1990.
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availability:
VHS NTSC