Anybody's Son Will Do

198356 min 36 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Paul Cowan

Production: William BrindJohn KramerBarrie Howells

Script: Gwynne Dyer

Photographed on location at the United States Marine Corps Parris Island Training Depot in South Carolina, this film follows a group of young recruits through their gruelling ten-week "basic training." Anybody's Son Will Do provides insight into techniques that all armies use to indoctrinate recruits with a new set of morals--techniques that transform ordinary citizens into soldiers ready to kill, even to die, for their country. Part two of the seven-part series War, hosted by Gwynne Dyer, examining the nature, evolution and consequences of modern warfare.

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Subject categories


  • National Security and Defence > Armed Forces Programs and OperationsMilitary PerspectivesWeapons and Warfare
  • War, Conflict and Peace > Militarism

Credits


director
Paul Cowan
photography
Paul Cowan
producer
William Brind
John Kramer
executive producer
Barrie Howells
script
Gwynne Dyer
sound
James McCarthy
editing
Judith Merritt
sound editing
Bill Graziadei
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Adrian Croll
music
Larry Crosley
host
Gwynne Dyer

Awards


  • Special Peace Award (ex aequo with the film «Nicaragua - A Special Report») - with a cash prize of 2,000$ Aust.International Film Festival