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The Little Girl with Napalm, History of a Photograph

2010 · 58 min

A haunting, sobering documentary that lingers on the human cost of a single iconic image.

Directed by
Marc Wiese, Patrick Cabouat
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Thi Kim Phuc Phan
Overview
Trang Bang, South Vietnam, 8 June 1972. The air force mistakenly drops bombs on a temple that houses civilians. Among the group of journalists witnessing the drama, the young photographer Nick Ut realizes, on that day, the photo of his life. In her goal, a naked little girl who tries to escape the flames that devour her. This photo that embodies the hell of Vietnam has gone around the world; it continues every day, for 50 years, to haunt the life of Kim Phuc, now "the little girl in the napalm".

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Directed by
Marc Wiese, Patrick Cabouat
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Thi Kim Phuc Phan
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  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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  • war
  • trauma
  • memory
  • media
  • healing
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  • countryside
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period
Audience
adult
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  • true story
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  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Horror6
Humour0
Realism9
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Marc Wiese, Patrick Cabouat
Written by
Marc Wiese
Starring
Thi Kim Phuc Phan
Runtime
58 min
Country
Germany
Languages
French

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