History of war documentaries
As soon as cameras began to capture the fighting, the war became a popular subject for narrative films. While no one can be sure of the exact “first” war film
Author: Griffin Marvin
The last days in Vietnam
Rory Kennedy’s fascinating, moving, and extremely important remarkable documentary, The Last Days in Vietnam, is actually two films at once.
The Fog of War
For his award-winning documentary The Fog of War, an exploration of the moral complexities of war and those who wage it, Errol Morris found the perfect subject in Robert S. McNamara
Documentary For Sama (2019)
“For Sama” is the story of a young Syrian woman named Vaad, who is making a documentary for her young daughter, even though it began in 2012
Definition of a war movie
Developing a common definition of a war film is problematic. Sometimes films are called “war films” even if they do not take place in combat.
“Last Days” 1998
Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation is recording as many memories as possible from those who saw the tragedy with their own eyes.