• Director: Winterfilm
  • Release Year: 1972
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: English

Winter Soldier

Description

In Detroit, 1971, thirty soldiers who had served in Vietnam gather to tell their stories of war crimes, describing brutal and horrific violence as a casual part of their experience. The soldiers highlight the lack of education in how to treat the residents according to the rules of the Geneva Convention, as well as how an environment of fear and chaos dehumanized the residents and made them all threats.

Themes

Vietnam War (1961 – 1975), War crimes, Primary sources, Oral history, Social history, Military sociology, Human nature, Casualties of war, Political history, Social commentary, Military justice