Vietnam Cycle

Part 1 · Apr 28, 1976

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.

Part 2 · Feb 9, 1977

And Then the First Rice

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

Part 3 · Mar 30, 1977

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.

Part 4 · Nov 20, 1977

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.