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The Camden 28

by Anthony Giacchino

Premiere: September 11, 2007

How far would you go to stop a war? The Camden 28 recalls a 1971 raid on a draft board office by 'Catholic Left' activists protesting the Vietnam War and its effects on urban America.

Revolution '67

by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno

Premiere: July 10, 2007

Revolution '67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history — the black urban rebellions of the 1960s.

A Thousand Words

by Melba Williams

Premiere: August 16, 2005

A Vietnam veteran who has suffered a stroke tries to recapture his war experience for his children through photography and moving images.

Soldados

by Charley Trujillo, Sonya Rhee

Premiere: September 3, 2003

Author Charley Trujillo guides us through the war and post-war experiences of a group of Mexican-American soldiers who fought in Vietnam. The young soldiers could hardly guess just how profoundly the insulated life they knew in their hometown of Corcoran, California would be changed by their experiences in Southeast Asia.

Mai's America

by Marlo Poras

Premiere: August 6, 2002

A spunky Vietnamese teenager named Mai gets the chance of a lifetime—to study in the United States. From cosmopolitan Hanoi to the heart of the Deep South, Mai’s unforgettable journey offers an outsider’s glimpse inside America.

Regret to Inform

by Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole

Premiere: January 4, 2000

Exploring the meaning of war and loss with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the chilling legacy of war.

Maya Lin

by Freida Lee Mock

Premiere: November 27, 1996

The Vietnam War Memorial was one of the most controversial monuments of its time. Thrust in to the eye of the storm was architect-sculptor Maya Lin, whose design for the memorial was chosen when she was a 21-year-old college student. Withstanding bitter attacks, she held her ground with clarity and grace.

Xich-lo (Cyclo)

by M. Trinh Nguyen

Premiere: July 30, 1996

A meditative journey of a Vietnamese woman, now a U.S. citizen, who returns to her homeland and wonders where she really belongs.