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NBC’s ‘This is Us’ and the Vietnam War
July 11, 2018
It looks as though the upcoming third season of the NBC-TV family drama, This Is Us, will have a significant Vietnam War theme. That's because NBC just announced that the acclaimed novelist Tim (The Things They Carried,…
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…
New HBO Doc on Richard Holbrooke
November 2, 2015
Richard Holbrooke was an important voice in U.S. foreign policy from his first State Department assignment in 1963 as a civilian AID worker in South Vietnam until his death in 2010. Along the way, he…
Documentary Query – ‘American Platoon’ Doc
June 29, 2015
All3Media, a production company that specializes in "unscripted and documentary style programming shedding positive light to our unsung heroes and the storytelling process, " is working on a new cable TV doc called American Platoon…
Big Veterans Day Concert on the Mall in D.C.
October 15, 2014
HBO has been a long-time supporter of America's veterans. The giant pay cable network continues that admirable endeavor with its sponsorship of what promises to be a memorable live concert on Veterans Day, November 11.…
Filmmaker Query: Vietnam Veterans and Apollo 11
August 14, 2014
Lauren Boudreau of 43Films is producing a two-hour special for the American Heroes Channel about Apollo 11 and what that event meant to Americans during the height of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. "We…
The New American Heroes Channel's Series 'Against the Odds'
March 19, 2014
Earlier this month Discovery Communications changed the name of its Military Channel to the American Heroes Channel. One of the newly named channel's new series is "Against the Odds, " which profiles the actions of…
Michael Sporn, 1946-2014
January 28, 2014
Michael Sporn , an award-winning animation artist best known for his film adaptations of children’s books such “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” and “Goodnight Moon, ” died at age 67 on January 19 in New York City…
New on HBO: 'Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight'
October 30, 2013
There's little doubt that the most famous draft evader during the Vietnam War was the Heavyweight Champion of the World, Muhammad Ali. When Ali received his draft notice in 1966, he claimed conscientious objector status…
First 'Locked Up Abroad' Episode on Vietnam War POWs
April 16, 2013
The first episode of the new series “Locked Up Abroad ” airs on Wednesday evening at 9:00 on the National Geographic Channel. Titled “Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace, " it looks at the bonds…