Southeast Asia, 1960's. Flash point of the Cold War. Dateline-Saigon tells the inspiring story of a small group of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and the great photojournalist Horst Faas – who fought to report a truth that was vastly different from the rosy version put forth by the White House during the early years of the Vietnam war. These reporters never gave up even as their own government sought to discredit them.
Narrated by Sam Waterston, the documentary combines the drama and high stakes of All the President's Men with the romance and danger of The Year of Living Dangerously.
Dateline-Saigon captures a swirl of personalities and conveys the excitement of reporting in a fast moving, confusing and dangerous atmosphere.
Riveting, utterly gripping, beautifully edited, couldn't take my eyes off of it for a second...an incendiary document.
