The whistleblower of My Lai

The whistleblower of My Lai / Clarity Films presents ; a Connie Field film ; produced by Connie Field & Gregory Scharpen ; directed by Connie Field.

Hugh Thompson was more than a whistleblower. The 24 year old major was a hero to those he saved when he landed his Army helicopter to intervene at the site where US soldiers were murdering Vietnamese civilians. Fifty years later a group of artists collaborate on a chamber opera exploring Thompson du...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Jonathan, 1954- (Composer)
Corporate Author: Kronos Quartet (Performer)
Other Authors: Field, Connie (director of photography.), Chessman, Harriet Scott (Librettist), Eckert, Rinde (Performer), Vō, Vân-Ánh Vanessa (Performer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Vietnamese
Hebrew
Published: [Berkeley, California] : [Distributed by] Clarity Films, [2021]
Subjects:
Berger, Jonathan, > 1954- > My Lai.
Thompson, Hugh, > 1943-2006.
1945-1975
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Atrocities.
Atrocities.
Vietnam > History > 1945-1975.
Vietnam.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Hugh Thompson was more than a whistleblower. The 24 year old major was a hero to those he saved when he landed his Army helicopter to intervene at the site where US soldiers were murdering Vietnamese civilians. Fifty years later a group of artists collaborate on a chamber opera exploring Thompson during his final hours as he reckons with his life in the aftermath of the My Lai massacre. Archival images frame the rehearsals of the Kronos Quartet, composer Jonathan Berger, librettist Harriet Scott Chessman, tenor Rinde Eckert and instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vo.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Clarity Educational Productions, Inc. (dba Clarity Films), ©2018.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (1 hr., 4 min.) : sound, color
Production Credits:Edited by Gregory Scharpen ; camera, Connie Field ; music performed by Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert and Vân-Ánh Võ.
Language:In English ; song sung in English, with short sung introduction in Vietnamese, includes a sung Sephardic hymn fragment ; closed captioning available.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 02, 2021).

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