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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: FILM: Congressional testimony re Vietnam atrocities
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.234155.22676@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:41:55 GMT
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- /** gen.newsletter: 137.0 **/
- ** Topic: Press Release: WINTER SOLDIER VIDE **
- ** Written 6:29 pm Aug 30, 1992 by brpress in cdp:gen.newsletter **
- W I N T E R S O L D I E R
-
- In 1971, over 100 Vietnam veterans testified about their
- participation in or knowledge of war crimes in Southeast
- Asia. This event, known as "The Winter Soldier Investiga-
- tion: An Inquiry into American War Crimes," was published
- in the Congressional Record (April 5-6, 1971). The testi-
- mony was also filmed by members of the Winterfilm collec-
- tive and released as a 16mm film. Called WINTER SOLDIER,
- the film opened in January 1972 at the "New American Film-
- maker's Series" at the Whitney Museum in New York. Later,
- the film appeared at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the
- Cannes Film Festival and was shown on some public TV sta-
- tions in the United States. It was critically acclaimed,
- but by 1973 the film generally disappeared.
-
- The Winterfilm collective, in association with Vietnam Vet-
- erans Against the War, has transferred the film to VHS cas-
- sette and released it for distribution. WINTER SOLDIER is
- one of the most powerful documentaries made about the Viet-
- nam war. Its power goes beyond documenting what war can do
- to ordinary men, but also in the questions it raises about
- the deeper consequences war has on our entire society. A
- must video for libraries, educators, veterans and peace
- activists.
-
- "YOU WILL REMEMBER IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE." Jeffrey
- Lyons, WPIX-TV
-
- The 110 minute video is available from the Broken Rifle
- Press at $22.50 plus $2.50 shipping.
-
- Check or Money Order to: BROKEN RIFLE PRESS, PO BOX 749,
- TRENTON, NJ 08607
-
- For more information contact Broken Rifle E-mail at Peace-
- net/brpress.
-
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