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In the Year of the Pig is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American involvement in the Vietnam War. It was released in 1968 while the U.S. was in the middle of its military engagement, and was politically controversial. One year later, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
20,056 views. 321. In the Year of the Pig (1968) - Best Vietnam DocumentaryIn the Year of the Pig is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American...
- 105 min
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- War and Military Documentaries
In the Year of the Pig: Directed by Emile de Antonio. With Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson. A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
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- Documentary, History, War
- Emile de Antonio
- 1969-02-26
May 2, 2018 · “In the Year of the Pig” — a movie in which politicians, generals, journalists and academics posture and declaim against a backdrop of battle scenes and patriotic pageants — was...
Beginning with the French colonialists at the turn of the 20th century and continuing through Communist leader Ho Chi Minh's rise to power and the beginnings of American involvement in the region...
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- Emile de Antonio
- Documentary, War
- David Halberstam
Jun 26, 2015 · In the Year of the Pig is a 1968 American documentary film about the origins of the Vietnam War, directed by Emile de Antonio. It was nominated for an Academy award for best documentary. The film, which is in black and white, contains much historical footage and many interviews.
With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America's escalating involvement in this divisive conflict.
