Multimedia Collection
Regret to Inform
VHS
72 minutes
DS559.8 .W6 R441 1998
Winner of seven major awards, and an Oscar® nominee for Best Documentary, Regret to Inform ranks among the great non-fiction films of all time. Hailed by critics for its extraordinary power and beauty, it is a personal, haunting and redemption-filled journey that will forever change the way you think about war.
Venturing to Vietnam twenty years after her husband was killed in a mortar attack, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn finds a mesmerizing landscape filled with the psychic remnants of war. Getting beyond the physical and emotional devastation, she talks to those on all sides of the struggle, discovering a common bond in loss and ultimately understanding.
Filled with extraordinary archival footage, breathtaking visions of modern day Vietnam, and heart-wrenching stories from American and Vietnamese women who lost their husbands to war, Regret to Inform takes the viewer on an unforgettable journey that begins with the phrase, "We regret to inform you..."
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