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Turning Point: The Vietnam War (2025)

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Turning Point: The Vietnam War

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Director

  • Brian Knappenberger
    Brian Knappenberger

Writer

Cast

(in credits order)
  • Chic Canfora
    Chic Canfora
    Chic Canfora
    Self - Anti-War Activist
  • Viet Thanh Nguyen
    Viet Thanh Nguyen
    Viet Thanh Nguyen
    Self - Author, The Sympathizer
  • Lien-Hang Nguyen
    Lien-Hang Nguyen
    Lien-Hang Nguyen
    Self - Author, Hanoi's War
    (as Lien-Hang T. Nguyen)
  • Ken Hughes
    Ken Hughes
    Ken Hughes
    Self - Research Specialist, Presidential Recordings, University of Virginia Miller Center
  • C. Jack Ellis
    C. Jack Ellis
    C. Jack Ellis
    Self - U.S. Army
  • Dan Rather
    Dan Rather
    Dan Rather
    Self - CBS News Correspondent
  • Marc J. Selverstone
    Marc J. Selverstone
    Marc J. Selverstone
    Self - Director of Presidential Studies, University of Virginia Miller Center
  • George J. Veith
    George J. Veith
    George J. Veith
    Self - Author, Drawn Swords in a Distant Land
  • Duc Nha Hoang
    Duc Nha Hoang
    Duc Nha Hoang
    Self - Advisor to South Vietnamese President
    (as Hoang Duc Nha)
  • Richard Armitage
    Richard Armitage
    Richard Armitage
    Self - U.S. Navy
  • Fredrik Logevall
    Fredrik Logevall
    Fredrik Logevall
    Self - Author, Embers of War
  • Tim Weiner
    Tim Weiner
    Tim Weiner
    Self - Author, Legacy of Ashes
  • Pham Ba Hoa
    Pham Ba Hoa
    Pham Ba Hoa
    Self - ARVN
    /Self - South Vietnamese Army
    (as Col. Pham Ba Hoa)
  • Tuong Vu
    Tuong Vu
    Tuong Vu
    Self - Director, US-Vietnam Research Center
  • Vu Thanh Thuy
    Vu Thanh Thuy
    Vu Thanh Thuy
    Self - South Vietnamese Journalist
  • Chung Tu Buu
    Chung Tu Buu
    Chung Tu Buu
    Self - ARVN
    /Self - South Vietnamese Air Force
  • Nguyen Trong Nho
    Nguyen Trong Nho
    Nguyen Trong Nho
    Self - South Vietnamese Congressman
  • Winston Lord
    Winston Lord
    Winston Lord
    Self - Special Assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
  • Graham Nash
    Graham Nash
    Graham Nash
    Self - Musician - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Michael Kazin
    Michael Kazin
    Michael Kazin
    Self - Member of the Weathermen
  • Thomas A. Bass
    Thomas A. Bass
    Thomas A. Bass
    Self - Author, Vietnamerica: The War Comes Homes
    (as Thomas Bass)
  • John Negroponte
    John Negroponte
    John Negroponte
    Self - U.S. Foreign Service
  • Gregory Daddis
    Gregory Daddis
    Gregory Daddis
    Self - Military Historian
    (as Col. Gregory A. Daddis)
  • Peter Osnos
    Peter Osnos
    Peter Osnos
    Self - Washington Post Correspondent
    (as Peter L.W. Osnos)
  • Scott Shimabukuro
    Scott Shimabukuro
    Scott Shimabukuro
    Self - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Keith Kay
    Keith Kay
    Keith Kay
    Self - CBS News Photojournalist
  • Mike Nakayama
    Mike Nakayama
    Mike Nakayama
    Self - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Dennis Clark Brazil
    Dennis Clark Brazil
    Dennis Clark Brazil
    Self - U.S. Army
  • Eldson J. McGhee
    Eldson J. McGhee
    Eldson J. McGhee
    Self - U.S. Army
  • Shad Meshad
    Shad Meshad
    Shad Meshad
    Self - U.S. Army Medical Services Corps
  • Kiên Thành Lê
    Kiên Thành Lê
    Kiên Thành Lê
    Self - Son of Le Duan
  • Elizabeth Becker
    Elizabeth Becker
    Elizabeth Becker
    Self - Author, When the War Was Over
  • Nguyen Van Tau
    Nguyen Van Tau
    Nguyen Van Tau
    Self - PAVN
    /Self - North Vietnamese Army
    (as Col. Nguyen Van Tau)
  • Jan Barry
    Jan Barry
    Jan Barry
    Self - U.S. Army
  • Scott Camil
    Scott Camil
    Scott Camil
    Self - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Frederic Whitehurst
    Frederic Whitehurst
    Frederic Whitehurst
    Self - U.S. Army
  • Morton H. Halperin was a former member of NSC, State Department and Pentagon under several U.S. regimes since 1960s. And he was in charge of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan in 1972.
    Morton Halperin
    Morton Halperin
    Self - Supervisor of the Pentagon Papers, U.S. Defense Department
  • Harry S. Truman
    Harry S. Truman
    Harry S. Truman
    Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1953
    (archive footage)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower in Palm Springs, CA, 1961.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Self - President of the United States 1953 - 1961
    (archive footage)
  • John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    Self - President of the United States 1961 - 1963
    (archive footage)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Self - President of the United States 1963 - 1969
    (archive sound)
  • Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Self - President of the United States 1969 - 1974
    (archive footage)
  • Allison Krause
    Allison Krause
    Allison Krause
    Self - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
    (archive footage)
  • Jeffrey Miller
    Jeffrey Miller
    Jeffrey Miller
    Self - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
    (archive footage)
  • Sandy Scheuer
    Sandy Scheuer
    Sandy Scheuer
    Self - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
    (archive footage)
  • William Schroeder
    William Schroeder
    William Schroeder
    Self - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
    (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Leonid Brezhnev in Cold War (1998)
    Leonid Brezhnev
    Leonid Brezhnev
    Self - Leader of the Soviet Union
    (archive footage)
  • George H.W. Bush
    George H.W. Bush
    George H.W. Bush
    Self - U.S. Representative
    (archive footage) (as George Bush)
  • Anna Chennault
    Anna Chennault
    Anna Chennault
    Self - Republican Fundraiser
    (archive footage)
  • Claire Chennault
    Claire Chennault
    Claire Chennault
    Self - U.S. Army
    (archive footage) (as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault)
  • Eldridge Cleaver
    Eldridge Cleaver
    Eldridge Cleaver
    Self - Black Panther Party Leader
    (archive footage)
  • Country Joe and the Fish
    Country Joe and the Fish
    Country Joe and the Fish
    Themselves
    (archive footage)
  • Walter Cronkite
    Walter Cronkite
    Walter Cronkite
    Self - Anchor, CBS Evening News
    (archive footage)
  • Crosby Stills Nash & Young
    Crosby Stills Nash & Young
    Crosby Stills Nash & Young
    Themselves
    (archive footage)
  • Bui Diem
    Bui Diem
    Bui Diem
    Self - South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
    (archive footage)
  • Le Duan
    Le Duan
    Le Duan
    Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party
    (archive footage)
  • Jed Duvall
    Jed Duvall
    Jed Duvall
    Self - CBS News Correspondent
    (archive footage) (as James 'Jed' Duvall)
  • Daniel Ellsberg
    Daniel Ellsberg
    Daniel Ellsberg
    Self - Strategic Analyst, Rand Corporation
    (archive footage)
  • Lewis Fielding
    Lewis Fielding
    Lewis Fielding
    Self - Daniel Ellsberg's Psychiatrist
    (archive footage) (as Dr. Lewis Fielding)
  • James Goodale
    James Goodale
    James Goodale
    Self - General Counsel, The New York Times
    (archive footage)
  • Dick Gregory in The Hot Chick (2002)
    Dick Gregory
    Dick Gregory
    Self - Activist
    (archive footage)
  • H.R. Haldeman in The Senate Watergate Hearings (1973)
    H.R. Haldeman
    H.R. Haldeman
    Self - White House Chief of Staff
    (archive footage) (voice) (as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman)
  • David Hilliard
    David Hilliard
    David Hilliard
    Self - Black Panther Party Chief of Staff
    (archive footage)
  • J. Edgar Hoover
    J. Edgar Hoover
    J. Edgar Hoover
    Self - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    (archive footage)
  • Hubert H. Humphrey
    Hubert H. Humphrey
    Hubert H. Humphrey
    Self - Vice President, Democratic Presidential Nominee
    (archive footage) (as Hubert Humphrey)
  • E. Howard Hunt
    E. Howard Hunt
    E. Howard Hunt
    Self - 'Plumber'
    (archive footage)
  • Henry Kissinger
    Henry Kissinger
    Henry Kissinger
    Self - U.S. National Security Advisor
    (archive footage)
  • Egil Krogh Jr.
    Egil Krogh Jr.
    Egil Krogh Jr.
    Self - 'Plumber'
    (archive footage)
  • Melvin Laird
    Melvin Laird
    Melvin Laird
    Self - U.S. Secretary of Defense
    (archive footage)
  • Pham Dang Lam
    Pham Dang Lam
    Self - South Vietnamese Delegation
    (archive footage)
  • John Laurence
    John Laurence
    John Laurence
    Self - CBS News Correspondent
    (archive footage) (as John 'Jack' Laurence)
  • Duc Tho Le
    Duc Tho Le
    Duc Tho Le
    Self - Chief Negotiator, Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
    (archive footage) (as Le Duc Tho)
  • John Lennon and The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night (1964)
    John Lennon
    John Lennon
    Self - Musician, Anti-War Activist
    (archive footage)
  • G. Gordon Liddy
    G. Gordon Liddy
    G. Gordon Liddy
    Self - 'Plumber'
    (archive footage)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
    Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
    Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
    Self - U.S. Delegation
    (archive footage)
  • Zedong Mao
    Zedong Mao
    Zedong Mao
    Self - Leader of China
    (archive footage)
  • Robert McNamara
    Robert McNamara
    Robert McNamara
    Self - Secretary of Defense
    (archive footage)
  • John Mitchell
    John Mitchell
    John Mitchell
    Self - U.S. Attorney General
    (archive footage) (voice)
  • Thi Binh Nguyen
    Thi Binh Nguyen
    Thi Binh Nguyen
    Self - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, Viet Cong Government
    (archive footage) (as Madame Nguyen Thi Binh)
  • Yoko Ono at an event for Julie & Julia (2009)
    Yoko Ono
    Yoko Ono
    Self - Anti-War Activist
    (archive footage)
  • Ed Rabel
    Ed Rabel
    Self - CBS News Correspondent
    (archive footage)
  • Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk
    Self - Leader of Cambodia
    (archive footage) (as Prince Norodom Sihanouk)
  • Xuân Thuy
    Xuân Thuy
    Xuân Thuy
    Self - North Vietnamese Delegation
    (archive footage)
  • Nguyen Van Thieu
    Nguyen Van Thieu
    Nguyen Van Thieu
    Self - President of South Vietnam
    (archive footage)
  • Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace
    Self - Host, The Mike Wallace Show
    (archive footage)

Producers

  • Sarah Huisenga
    Sarah Huisenga
    executive producer / executive producer & showrunner
  • Brian Knappenberger
    Brian Knappenberger
    executive producer
  • Sabrina Parke
    Sabrina Parke
    co-executive producer
  • Clare Tucker
    Clare Tucker
    co-executive producer
  • Doan Hoàng Curtis
    Doan Hoàng Curtis
    producer
  • Bo Kovitz
    Bo Kovitz
    producer
  • Keven McAlester
    Keven McAlester
    producer
  • Tommy Nguyen
    Tommy Nguyen
    producer
  • Helen Magowan
    Helen Magowan
    archival producer
  • Sarah J. Villareal
    Sarah J. Villareal
    co-producer

Cinematographer

  • Jay Visit
    Jay Visit

Editors

  • Mark Imgrund
    Mark Imgrund
  • Sean Jarrett
    Sean Jarrett

Sound Department

  • Ryan David Adams
    Ryan David Adams
    re-recording mixer / sound supervisor
  • Peter Mullen
    Peter Mullen
    sound designer / sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Levi Kaminkowitz
    Levi Kaminkowitz
    gaffer

Music Department

  • Tessa Phillips
    Tessa Phillips
    music editor
  • Joey Singer
    Joey Singer
    music clearance

Color Department

  • Shane Reed
    Shane Reed
    digital intermediate colorist
  • Samuel Zook
    Samuel Zook
    additional colorist

Health and Safety Department

  • Danah Williams
    Danah Williams
    mental health consultant (as Danah Davis)

Voice Actor - Dubbing

Hindi
  • Sachit Murthy
    Sachit Murthy
    Incidentals

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