Vietnam Film Block I at GIFFX 2016

Vietnam Film Block

Perhaps no war in modern history evokes the range of emotions of the Vietnam War. But even in the midst of brutality in the jungles of Vietnam and bitter controversy back home, we catch glimpses of the human spirit. In Escape from Firebase Kate and Return to Dak To, soldiers recall memories of the Vietnam War experience, not only characterized by fighting and bloodshed but also peppered with experiences of joyful camaraderie and adrenaline-pumping excitement.

Film Screenings: Escape from Firebase Kate, WETA: Vietnam Memorial, Return to Dak To

May 27th, 2016 | 12:00pm
The Angelika Film Center at Mosaic
2911 District Ave., Fairfax, VA, 22031

Escape from Firebase Kate
Directed by Paul Kakert | Documentary Feature

Escape from Firebase Kate recounts the true story of an intense three-day siege during the Vietnam War in 1969. 21-year-old U.S. Army Special Forces Captain William Albracht is assigned command of Firebase Kate, making him the youngest commanding officer in Vietnam. 26 American troops and 100 indigenous Montenard infantry occupy the small artillery outpost near the Vietnam-Cambodia border just off the Ho Chi Minh trail. The base comes under heavy attack the day Albracht arrives and what is initially assumed to be a small contingent of enemy soldiers, reveals itself as thousands of North Vietnamese troops making a push across the border into South Vietnam. In danger of being overrun, the only option is a late night daring escape through a jungle filled with NVA soldiers.

Return to Dak To
Directed by Christopher Upham | Documentary Short

Traveling in a large Mercedes van, director and former combat medic Christopher Upham shepherds four fellow combat engineers through a contemporary Vietnam which they had only known from the war. Commander Newman Howard wants to “help my guys.” Lieutenant John “Duffy” Dubendorf wants to see “if what we did was right”. Genial Ohio Sergeant Bill Christie can’t get the war out of his mind. Open-minded radioman John Marcoulier hated the destruction, but loved the excitement, the camaraderie and the discipline. Vietnam wholeheartedly embraces these veterans as they wind their way north from the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City through the lush Central Highlands towards their old firebase at Dak To. All along the road to Dak To, director Upham continues his own lifelong quest to discover why he fought in Vietnam, which opens an intimate portal into the mind of a war veteran, fascinated by war since childhood.

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Vietnam Film Block Friday, May 27, 12:00 pm \| General Admission	$15.00	$1.00

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