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Shinya Tsukamoto's "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?" tries to tell a Black soldier's Vietnam War story and ends up lost at nearly every level, stilted dialogue, disconnected performances, and a shockingly shallow grasp of race. We break down where the ambition gets buried under noise, why Rodney Hicks never gets a fair shot, and how this stacks up as our first real misfire nine films into the festival.