This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavors to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other western powers while showing ... (Full plot summary below)
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This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavors to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other western powers while showing the basic humanity of the people that US propaganda tried to dismiss.
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| San Francisco ChronicleSteven WinnThe unnerving brilliance of the film owes to the director's skill at assembling information and allowing it to speak for itself. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonIt's one of the best documentaries ever made, a superb film about the thoughts and feelings of the era, the whole festering, spirited animus of it. |
| TIME MagazineStefan KanferThroughout, Hearts and Minds displays more than enough heart. It is mind that is missing. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasIt's a cinematic essay of constant movement and provocation, a record of one man finding his way through the fog of war. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloProvocative Vietnam War docu with violence, racial slurs. |
| New York PressArmond WhiteDavis' visual argument overwhelms rationality.This was the beginning of Red/Blue antagonism -- turning benighted patriotism against an opponent's humanity. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectThe definitive Vietnam War documentary and arguably the greatest political documentary ever made. |
| Eye for FilmAnton BitelIf you were ultimately disappointed by the agitprop entertainment of Fahrenheit 9/11, then check out its older, wiser brother to see how a real documentary is made. |
| Turner Classic Movies OnlineSean Axmaker... the first film to confront exactly what the United States did in Vietnam in the name of fighting communism and winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. |
| Slant MagazineJeremiah KippHearts and Minds is an essay told in a voice of thinly controlled moral outrage, which sometimes dribbles over into seething hate. |
