Thursday, June 21, 2007

Two Days in October (2005)


4.5 out of 5 stars.

This 90 min documentary tells two stories that happened on opposite sides of the globe on the same two days in October, 1967. The first is an infantry assault against the Viet Cong in Vietnam and the second is student protests at the University of Wisconsin.

The story is very well told, with interviews from all sides - they even found a Vietnamese officer who fought against the Americans! I thought it was a very balanced story that really gives you a feel for the political climate in the late 1960s and some idea about what was going on. Highly recommended.

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