Vietnam Requiem
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Vietnam Requiem is a 1982 ABC News Closeup television documentary directed by Bill Couturié and Jonas McCord and photographed by Ted Haimes.
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]