Vietnam Requiem Explained
Vietnam Requiem is a 1982 ABC News Closeup television documentary directed by Bill Couturié and Jonas McCord and photographed by Ted Haimes.
Summary
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
After its television broadcast, it was released to educational institutions by Direct Cinema Limited.[2]
Awards and nominations
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- https://search.worldcat.org/title/vietnam-requiem/oclc/911711109 WorldCat.org
- Book: Chicago : American Library Association. 978-0-8389-0498-5. Video for libraries : special interest video for small and medium-sized public libraries. 2021-04-26. 1988. 115.
- Web site: Wayback Machine. 2021-04-26. 2018-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728150602/http://emmyonline.com/download/1982-Nomination_Winners.pdf. 2018-07-28.
- Web site: Golden Nymph Award Winners . 2024-08-03 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630013750/https://www.tvfestival.com/img/history/documents/1983/1983_palmares.pdf . 2022-06-30 . Monaco Mediax . 21.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143341/http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1983-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf Winner's Archive - CINE
