Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

59 mins | Documentary, War | Jan. 1, 1970

A film about the people of Saigon told through the experiences of three young American journalists who, in 1970, explored the consequences of war and of the American presence in Vietnam. It is not a film about the Vietnam War, but about the people who lived on the fringe of battle. The views of the city are arresting, but away from the shrines and the open-air markets lies another city, swollen with refugees and war orphans, where every inch of habitable space is coveted. (NFB)

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

59 mins | Documentary, War | Jan. 1, 1970

Sad Song of Yellow Skin
A film about the people of Saigon told through the experiences of three young American journalists who, in 1970, explored the consequences of war and of the American presence in Vietnam. It is not a film about the Vietnam War, but about the people who lived on the fringe of battle. The views of the city are arresting, but away from the shrines and the open-air markets lies another city, swollen with refugees and war orphans, where every inch of habitable space is coveted. (NFB)
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Sad Song of Yellow Skin
Directors Michael Rubbo
Writers

Cast

Michael Rubbo

as Narrator

Richard Hughes

as Himself