Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987 · 83 min · EN · PG · 7.4 (20 votes)
Dir. Bill Couturié · Starring Ellen Burstyn, Tom Berenger, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves, Josh Cruze, Willem Dafoe

Addressed to the heart of America.

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Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.

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A profoundly moving and somber experience, this film immerses you in the personal realities of the Vietnam War through unfiltered letters. It's a raw, heartbreaking look at soldiers' hopes, fears, and longing for home, amplified by stark archival footage.

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