Sixties Project: Film, Drama and Performing Arts

This is an archive of drama, film and performing arts resources in the field of Sixties and Viet Nam war studies.

For several years, my partner Lauren Rusk and I have hosted a biweekly series of "political films" (rather loosely defined) that attracts between 20 and 25 people each week. Because we have found that these evenings are a good way to get people together and that they serve to some extent as a nucleus for the local progressive community, we thought it might be useful to share our experience with friends and comrades who would like to host similar gatherings elsewhere.

Playscripts, some unproduced, many unpublished, which either explicitly or implicitly deal with the Viet Nam War, or with American veterans of that war. Some pieces deal with the families of soldiers who never returned. Others are plays in which there is simply a character (or mention of a character) is a Viet Nam vet.

This is a compilation of film and television documentaries about the Vietnam War and related subjects held in the collections of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. Although not comprehensive, it includes many, if not most, of the relevant titles held in the Division in July 1989. It is hoped that the list will be expanded periodically as other titles are discovered and new titles acquired. A large percentage of the works were received as copyright deposits. Other sources include purchase, gift, and off-air videotaping. The list includes documentaries only, not dramatic films.

Coleman, Horace

• "Perspectives on Malcolm X," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

DeRose, David J.

• "Beyond the Call of Duty," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Review essay.
• "Kennedy's Children," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The Speed of Darkness and 'Crazed Vets on the Doorstep Drama," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Review essay.
• "States of Shock," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Review essay.

Farrell, Alan

• Review of Karma (film), Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994).

Fuchs, Cynthia J.

• "Buddy Counts," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Review essay.
• "Mom's in Nam," Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Review essay.
• "Sex Acts," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Review essay.
• "Viet Nam Regurgitated," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Review essay.
• "Ziplocked," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Review essay.
• Review of From Hollywood to Hanoi (film), Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994).

Gardner, Fred

• "Hollywood Confidential," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

McGregor, Peter

• Reviews of Broken Journey: Mending Dreams (video) and Long Tan: The Survivor's Account (video), Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994).

McQuail, Josephine A.

• "Folk Songs and Allusions to Folk Songs in the Repertoire of the Grateful Dead," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Malo, Jean-Jaques

• (with Dan Scripture). Review of Linda Dittmar & Gene Michaud, eds., From Hanoi To Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film, Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992).