Media Activism #12

I attended a screening of a new documentary called Sir! No Sir! by David Zeiger with a Q&A session with the director and a special appearance by Jane Fonda, who is a strong supporter of the film. The documentary is about the GI protest movement during the Vietnam War. It was really amazing to learn about this movement since, as it explains in the film, this part of our history has been conveniently written out of the books. Soldiers were refusing to fight and being court-martialled for speaking out against the war. It is a very important film that everyone should see, so it is fortunate that it is also very well made. The high energy and entertaining use of archival footage and music make it easy to watch for all audiences, which helps the messages get heard.

To prove just how important and pertinent this film is, I came home from the screening, turned on the television, and the news was covering the Generals speaking out against Donald Rumsfeld. Seeing history repeat itself so clearly was actually pretty chilling.