Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

Jonas Mekas zoomed in from a completely different angle for his Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel. This fake interview with ‘Lapland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs’ brings an outsider’s perspective to bear on the US war, and discusses with ironic perplexity if it might not be possible to kill off the Viet Cong more cheaply. For, whilst white students in the US primarily took issue with the war in South-eastern Asia, African-Americans remained predominantly concerned with their own situation. For them, daily discrimination at home and the Vietnam War were simply two faces of the same racist coin

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
4 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
4 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1969
Season
1969
Average Score
58%
Mean Score
58%
Ratings
4
Popularity
4
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Country
United States

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short film50%

Description

Jonas Mekas zoomed in from a completely different angle for his Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel. This fake interview with ‘Lapland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs’ brings an outsider’s perspective to bear on the US war, and discusses with ironic perplexity if it might not be possible to kill off the Viet Cong more cheaply. For, whilst white students in the US primarily took issue with the war in South-eastern Asia, African-Americans remained predominantly concerned with their own situation. For them, daily discrimination at home and the Vietnam War were simply two faces of the same racist coin

Immersion

Japanese

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Staff

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