What Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods gets wrong about veterans returning to Vietnam
- Written by Mia Martin Hobbs, Researcher, University of Melbourne
NetflixSpike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, out now on Netflix, tells the story of five Black US veterans who return to Vietnam to hunt for gold and recover the remains of their lost squad leader.
Beginning with the reunion of five old “Bloods”, and peppered with flashbacks to their combat days, the film quickly turns into an action-packed...





