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Summer 2020 – LOCAL695.ORG 29 Directed by Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods, streaming on Netflix, tells the story of four African-American vets who return to Vietnam, searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader played by Chadwick Boseman and the promise of buried treasure. The cast of Delroy Lindo (Paul), Clarke Peters (Otis), Norm Lewis (Eddie), and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Melvin) are later joined by Paul's concerned son Jonathan Majors. Together, they battle their own demons, rivals and nature, while being confronted by the lasting devastation of the Vietnam War. JOSÉ ANTONIO GARCIA CAS & DA 5 BLOODS When did you begin shooting and where were your locations? José Antonio Garcia: It was a year ago. We were based mostly out of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand. We spent a couple of days in Bangkok and a week in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in Vietnam, Now how long was the shoot? José Antonio Garcia: It was three months and it was very intense. The locations were very diffi cult and the logistics to get all the gear up there. Sometimes it took half a day. The locations weren't close. Call times would be very early, we'd have breakfast and then climb up the hill, and then shoot until sundown. It was a good twelve hours and by the time you got back to the hotel, it could be fourteen. The dialog recording is very good, what did you use? José Antonio Garcia: Most of the sound is wires because we were shooting with two cameras constantly, pretty wide most of the time. In some instances, we were able to plant mics, but the majority was the wires, because of the logistics of light, the sun, two cameras, and lots of 'oners.'