The Harvest of My Lai

On March 16 1968, the US Army’s 11th Light Infantry Brigade under the command of Lt. William Calley, completely destroyed the village My Lai and three hundred individuals were massacred. The GI’s orders to “search and destroy” had been transformed in a twinkling of the eye into the “My Lai Massacre” - never to be erased from history. Director Marcel OPHÜLS returns to that blackest of historical pages in the hope of understanding how the tragedy happened. Through scores of interviews, the ugly and weak side of human nature is gradually laid bare.