How Hollywood Neuters the 60s: In cross-examination, many glaring historical inaccuracies aren’t just little academic flubs. By Dave Clennon.
Film
Jane Fonda Says ‘F.T.A.’ in Newly Resurfaced Vietnam-Era Documentary
Available until April 8th at Detroit’s Cinema Lamont virtual screening room. The title means “Free the Army”, or a version with profanity.
The People VS. Agent Orange
New film streaming today addresses the impact of Agent Orange on veterans, children of veterans and the Vietnamese people.
A More Accurate View of the Trial of the Chicago 8
We suggest “Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8” by Jeremy Kagan as much more accurate than the recent Aaron Sorkin film on Netflix.
Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland Deliver Anti-Vietnam War Comedy
Exclusive trailer for new restoration of F.T.A. Documentary. The long-censored and rarely screened film has now been newly restored in 4K.
The Movement and the “Madman”
A new documentary film that will tell a dramatic, untold story about the Vietnam-era peace movement forthcoming.
Trial of the Chicago 7 Review
by Paul Glusman. Sorkin is committing the crime of stealing our history.
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” movie, a liberal fantasy?
The trial of the Chicago 7 — or the Chicago 8, depending on who’s counting and how — is the mother of all courtroom dramas.
I was there: One Woman’s Perspective on “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 is entertaining but it played fast and loose with the facts.
‘Da 5 Bloods’: Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views
Viet Thanh Nguyen, NYT review: A lesser Spike Lee film whose characterizations of Vietnamese people are inextricable from its political failures.
Live review of Spike Lee’s Da Five Bloods
Viet Thanh Nguyen, “I watched Da 5 Bloods so you wouldn’t have to. I can’t recommend it. Here we go with my live tweeting of Spike Lee’s #Da5Bloods.”
Five stars for Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee’s Vietnam War film Da 5 Bloods is “a condemnation of the past, a call for change, and a rich work of art worth watching over and over again.”
‘America Told Us to Get Over It’: Black Vietnam Veterans Hail Spike Lee film
“Da 5 Bloods” highlights the experience of veterans who fought for their country only to be treated as second-class citizens.
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the legacy of “Apocalypse Now”
August 15, 2019—New York Public Radio's The Takeaway posted this interview with Vietnamese writer Viet Thanh Nguyen in...
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