The Inextinguishable Fire

The Vietnam War: Personal Reflections

More than a dozen Vietnam War veterans from the central Illinois area recount their tours of duty including ground and air combat, the fighting enviro

2017

Chicago 1968

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for pr

1995

Autopsy

Mondo-style docudrama about a war correspondent who comes back home and has a spiritual crisis about his own mortality. Surreal fantasy sequences are

1973

Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a

2008

Jeremiah

A U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton leading a plane sortie into North Vietnam was shot down and captured as a POW. For 8 years of his life, he was a

2015

Dancing Among Wolves

In mid-1971, French television organized a press conference in both Paris and Washington, with 20 journalists participating—10 of them, mostly America

No End in Sight

Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 - and the backgrounds of those making decisions - immediatel

2007

IRA

A documentary-short on the life of Ira Sanders, a commodity trader turned educator whose first-hand experiences on 9/11 greatly influence his life.

2021

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector t

Vietnam: Secret Negotiations that Ended the War

While the war raged on, Henry Kissinger, national security advisor to President Nixon, and Lê Duc Tho, member of Vietnam's Politburo, held secret meet

2015

Napalm

A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.

1967

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the fir

2015

Chicago 10

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio

2008

The Fall of Saigon

In April 1975 -- despite a ceasefire agreement -- the North Vietnamese communists took Saigon and the world by surprise, mounting an offensive that ou

1995

Youth '68

This documentary interviews young people on war, religion, music, sex, and other topics. Part of NBC's Experiment in Television.

1968

Das Dorf der Freundschaft

A German Documentary about the “village of friendship” that was created by American Veteran George Mizo to help the Vietnamese kids suffering from the

2001

The General And Me

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s independence wars, a number of times. She was the f

2017

Ratamata

A portrait of the diverse opinions of Chicagoans as they reflect on the general state of affairs in America, the war in Vietnam, social and racial con

1970

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive f

1987

Das Mädchen und das Foto

2010