Changing the Needle (1982)

A film about drug rehabilitation in Viet Nam

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.

If you liked Changing the Needle, you might also like…

92% match

Last Days in Vietnam

2014

89% match

The House I Live In

2012

86% match

Hearts and Minds

1974

80% match

Heroin(e)

2017

79% match

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015

76% match

The Fog of War

2003

69% match

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017

65% match

Take Your Pills

2018

67% match

S4: The Bob Lazar Story

2026

60% match

Seduced and Abandoned

2013

60% match

Hot Girls Wanted

2015

60% match

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

2012

60% match

A Toxic Love Story

2026

60% match

Overnight

2003

60% match

Bigger Stronger Faster*

2008

60% match

The Martha Mitchell Effect

2022

60% match

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011

60% match

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

2009

60% match

Everybody’s Everything

2019

60% match

My Mom Jayne

2025

Similar films

Mr. Untouchable

2007

The Birds Changed Names And The World Turned Into Ice

2022

The Fall of Saigon

1995

A World Beneath the War

1996

J Is for Junkie

2011

Megacities

1998

Cocaine: History Between the Lines

2011

Leaf

2017

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2018

The Fire That Took Her

2022

Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

2008

I forgive you, Mama

2024