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Vietnam Cycle

Documentary cycle by Heynowski and Scheumann

Devil's Island

Devil's Island

Le Quang Vinh, a revolutionary student leader, was arrested in Saigon in August 1961. A show trial and death sentence followed. World-wide protests altered it to “life imprisonment” on Con Son, the Devil’s Island. The humiliating “Tiger-Cages” and the methods of torture are shown.

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And Then the First Rice

And Then the First Rice

Stories from the first summer after the end of the war in Vietnam

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I Sincerely Repent

I Sincerely Repent

Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War.

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The Iron Fortress

The Iron Fortress

Weeks after the victory in Vietnam, first pictures of a new humanity are captured: old and sick people preparing for their future, children on their way to school.

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