Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Jequerity Films, Ballad Films
Changing the Needle on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
T
Tessa Mallos
Changing the Needle
"A film about drug rehabilitation in Viet Nam"Movie
StarringTessa Mallos
53 minDocumentary
Plot
A quarter of a million drug addicts —one of the most serious consequences of the Vietnam War. These addicts were the citizens of the South, and of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Shot in 1981 by three Australian women, Changing the Needle was the first in-depth film to be made about Vietnam’s unique approach to drug rehabilitation at a time when few foreign film crews had access to Vietnam at all.
