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Changing the Needle

198253mMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorsDasha Ross·Mavis Robertson

ProducersDasha Ross·Martha Ansara

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Cast · Directed by Dasha Ross

Tessa Mallos

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Changing the Needle hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 10, 1982. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.