US EditionThe Five Most Shocking Claims Made by Netflix's 'The Stringer'
The Stringer documentary challenges the credited photographer of the iconic 1972 Vietnam War photo, prompting investigations by AP and World Press Photo with conflicting conclusions.
- Director Bao Nguyen's The Stringer begins streaming on Netflix, arguing that Nguyen Thanh Nghe, not Nick Ut, took the June 8, 1972, Napalm Girl photo.
- Following Robinson's outreach to Gary Knight, Robinson alleges Horst Faas ordered the credit change to Nick Ut and later regretted burying Nghe's credit for decades.
- Index Investigations' 3D modeling concludes Ut was about 250 feet away 15 seconds after the photo, while Nghe says he received $20 and a print his wife later destroyed.
- The AP's investigation defended its credit while noting lingering questions, with a May, 2025 follow-up raising concerns; World Press Photo suspended Ut's attribution and James Hornstein called the film 'defamatory' while reviewing legal options.
- The film enters a debate over authorship and authenticity in photojournalism, arriving amid wider discussions and aiming to empower local stringers in conflict zones, while Phan Thi Kim Phuc still believes Ut took the photo.
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The Five Most Shocking Claims Made by Netflix's 'The Stringer'
Finally the day has come: The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo, a film about who really took the famous Napalm Girl photo during the Vietnam War, has dropped on Netflix meaning anyone with a subscription can now see what the fuss is all about.
Bao Nguyen's documentary, effective, casts doubt on the author of this image and identifies another photographer who ensures that he is the true author.
The question of who actually took the horrific and iconic image from the Vietnam War is raised in a documentary premiering on Netflix on Friday. Photographer Nick Út calls the accusations “a slap in the face” and says a personal vendetta is behind it.
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khbrknewsThe Story Behind the Controversial Documentary 'The Stringer'
A new documentary raises questions about who really took the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1972 photo of a naked girl and other children screaming and running as they fled a napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The credit for the image, titled The Terror of War and known colloquially as the “Napalm Girl” photo, has always gone to the Associated Press staff photographer Nick Ut. The Stringer, out on Netflix Nov. 28, p…
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