Time of the Locust

Directed by Peter Gessner

Compiled from American news film, Vietnamese National Liberation Front combat footage, and unreleased material filmed by Japanese Television camera units, this by-now classic film by Peter Gessner provides one of the strongest treatises against the war in Vietnam.

"This motion picture is more powerful than collections of statistics, political rhetoric, and even the cleverest written argument. Its point is simple and dramatic: it exposes the cruel agony of Vietnam."—Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation

"A brutal, truthful, terse, and extremely memorable"—New York Post

Special Prize Winner, Prix de la Critique, 1967 Tours International Festival of Short Films

First Prize, Protest Film Jury, 1966 Manheim International Film Festival

Golden Dove Award, 1966 Leipzig International Film Festival

1966 San Francisco International Film Festival

13 minutes / b&w
Release Date: 2002
Copyright Date: 1966
Sale: $175

Subject areas:
American Studies, Asia, History (U.S.), History (World), Vietnam Era

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