Bringing the War Home: Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and Naomi Klein
Tuesday October 13th - 7PM
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
We could just as easily call this program, "Revolutionary Tourism, Part 2." The main feature is a rarely seen or talked about documentary film produced by Tom Hayden's Indochina Peace Campaign (along with engaged cinematographer Haskell Wexler, director of Medium Cool, 1969). INTRODUCTION TO THE ENEMY documents a trip Hayden and then-wife Jane Fonda took to Vietnam in 1974 - 12 years after the Port Huron statement; 4 years after the Chicago 7 would be acquitted of conspiracy (and the "Free the Army" tour would begin); 2 years after Hayden would be kicked out of the Red Family (Fonda won an Academy Award for Klute, and starred in Tout va bien); and 2 years after the infamous "Hanoi Jane" spectacle.
This is the third of three screenings Red Channels has organized with the Left Forum, in advance of their October 15th free public debate with Tom Hayden at the Community Church.
THROUGH THE LENS:
--Introduction to the Enemy - Christine Burrill, Haskell Wexler, Bill Yahrausr, 1974, 60 minutes
--This Brave Nation: Tom Hayden and Naomi Klein - Christopher Sprinkle, 2008 27 minutes
TOTAL RUNNNG TIME: 87 minutes | Digital Projection
Introduction by:
--Barbara Garson - playwright, author, activist
Co-sponsored by the Left Forum
Special thanks to Laura Beatty, Leslie Ward, and Jeff Wexler
(The Wexler film is distributed by the Institute for Cinema Studies. The Sprinkle film is available from the Brave New Foundation.)