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Just when you think you know everything about the Vietnam war, along comes Rory Kennedy – Director, Producer of “Last Days in Vietnam” – and you realize how much you don’t know.
Kennedy is an Emmy Award winning independent documentary filmmaker and co-founder and president of Moxie Firecracker Films.
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“During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbles. The United States has only a skeleton crew of diplomats and military operatives still in the country. As Communist victory becomes inevitable and the U.S. readies to withdraw, some Americans begin to consider the certain imprisonment and possible death of their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends. Meanwhile, the prospect of an official evacuation of South Vietnamese becomes terminally delayed by Congressional gridlock and the inexplicably optimistic U.S. Ambassador. With the clock ticking and the city under fire, a number of heroic Americans take matters into their own hands, engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations in a desperate effort to save as many South Vietnamese lives as possible.” Production Notes
President Gerald R. Ford & Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger April 29, 1975 – Credit: Courtesy Gerald R.Ford Presidential Library
Kennedy depicts those heartbreaking last days of Vietnam with archival footage and commentary that has earned it an Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
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