Tuesday,
January 24 + Thursday, January 26 at 7:00pm
Winter
Soldier
dir.
Winter Soldier Collective, USA, 1972, BetaSP, 96 mins, b/w
Presented
in Collaboration with The Kelly Writer's House at the University
of
Pennsylvania and The Cold War Project
 Winter
Soldier
documents a controversial 1971 meeting organized by Vietnam
Veterans Against the War in which more than 100 veterans (including
a young John Kerry) gathered to testify as part of an investigation
into war crimes and atrocities. Produced by a collective of
notable documentary filmmakers including Barbara Kopple (Harlan
County U.S.A.), the film had almost no theatrical life
in the US until now, when it is proving itself
still thought provoking and remarkably timely.
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