Documentaries
May Screening in D.C. of ‘Vietnam: An Inner View’ doc
March 28, 2018
The new documentary film, "Vietnam: An Inner View," will have its Atlantic Coast premiere on Thursday, May 24, at the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D.C. There will be two screenings of the film, which the…
In the Works: New, Unique Vietnam War Doc by Ron Osgood
January 3, 2018
"Just like Me: Vietnam War Stories from All Sides" is the title of a new, unique documentary that is the result of more than a few years of work by filmmaker and Vietnam War veteran…
Michael Hirsh’s ‘My Vietnam War’ Radio Doc
September 27, 2017
WGCU, the NPR station in Fort Myers, Florida, recently ran "My Vietnam War—During, After, and Way After," a one-hour special produced by Michael Hirsh, an award-winning television journalist and producer who served as a 22-year-old…
The Ken Burns Documentary – A Review
September 16, 2017
By Marc Leepson Arts Editor, The VVA Veteran Ten years in the making. A reported budget of $30 million. A crew of dozens. That’s what I knew about “The Vietnam War,” the ten-part, eighteen-hour documentary…
N.Y. and N.J. Battle of Hue Veterans Wanted
August 3, 2017
FiOS1 News in New York is planning to take a group of veterans from New Jersey, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley region of New York who served in Hue during the 1968 Tet…
Tripwire!: A Worthy Vietnam Veterans Documentary
July 6, 2017
Lea Jones and Marc Waszkiewicz have combined their many artistic talents to produce a unique Vietnam War veteran documentary called Tripwire!. The film follows a formula used in nearly every other all-encompassing documentary about Vietnam veterans:…
‘The Witness’ Doc: Gripping and Unpredictable
January 5, 2017
The Witness is a gripping documentary that contains surprising information about the infamous murder of a woman named Kitty Genovese in 1964. If her name rings a bell, you likely remember that the 28-year-old woman…
‘My Father’s Vietnam’ Doc
November 22, 2016
Filmmaker and composer Soren Sorensen narrates his documentary My Father's Vietnam, a personal look at his father Peter's Vietnam War experience. The film also pays tribute to two men Peter Sorensen knew in Vietnam who died in…
Artistic Query: New MIA Documentary
September 10, 2016
Richard Jellerson, who served two tours of duty in Vietnam as an Army helicopter pilot, is putting together a documentary called “A Solemn Promise: America’s Missing in Action.” The doc, Jellerson says, “will witness the journey…
‘Citizen Soldier’ Doc
August 10, 2016
The documentary, Citizen Soldier , which looks at the role that National Guard troops have played in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be available on demand and on DVD on August 30. The film…