This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's - one that had a profound impact on American Society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time. "Perfectly time with the doubts of the Iraq War" Variety

Lee Grant , The San Diego Union-Tribune (found via Lexis Nexis)
`SIR!' YES `SIR!'

"Soldier boy / Oh, my little soldier boy / I'll be true to you"

The engrossing documentary "Sir! No Sir!" utilizes that great Shirelles hit from the '60s as a backdrop to its story of a unique antiwar movement during the Vietnam era that took place not on the streets or the campuses, but in the military itself.

Whether you support the invasion of Iraq or not, "Sir! No Sir!" touches a contemporary nerve -- body counts then, body counts now; scandals involving deaths of innocent civilians then, scandals now.

The brisk film captures the chill-inducing sound of helicopters that Francis Ford Coppola bled into "Apocalypse Now," the best Vietnam War picture. In "Sir! No Sir!," though, there's no Robert Duvall loving "the smell of napalm in the morning."

These are, instead, real GIs -- a Green Beret who resigned in protest, a doctor assigned to train medics court-martialed and imprisoned, a West Point graduate who refused to fight.

They were young then, more than middle-aged now and still carrying the baggage. One says to the camera, "What's the pride in being a veteran of something so wrong?"

Soldier boy, "Sir! No Sir!" is true to you.

Coming Soon!
"I Know I'm Not Alone"

In 2004 Michael Franti decided to “walk his talk” and traveled to the war zones of Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This wasn’t a USO green zone sponsored visit “ Franti and his team organized a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip armed with only a guitar, video cameras and the intent to experience first hand the human cost of war.

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