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| Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam | 
| Director: David Zeiger
Actor: Louis Font; Michael Wong (ix); Joe Bangert; Dave Blalock; Howard Levy (ii); Troy Garity; Susan Schnall; Terry Whitmore; Susan Schnall (ii); Oliver Hirsch; Donald Sutherland; Richard Boyle; Donald Duncan (iv); Terry Iverson; John Lamboke; Darnell Stephen Summers; Keith Mather; David Blalock; Greg Payton; Tom Bernard (iii)
Studio: DOCURAMA
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 31501
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: NVG-9842
UPC: 767685984239
EAN: 0767685984239
ASIN: B000IB0DE4
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 19, 2006
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 Very very important story October 27, 2008
An important reminder that the story of the Vietnam war is, above all, the story f the yung men who were sent to fight in it.
As others have said, we need to remember and thank the vets who spoke out against the war. But more then that, we need to remember and thank ALL of the Vietnam vets. Those who went and then chose to protest, as well as those who tried their best to do an impossible and morally difficult job. They all showed immense bravery, one and all, and performed a service to this country at the expense of their own lives, limbs and sometimes sanity.
This move is terribly important today, however, as it puts the lie to myths and distortions of the true history of the vietnam protest. And it is those myths and lies that have allowed our government to lead us into another such conflict.
We need to thank the resisters for their service. October 11, 2008
This film revives the history of war resistance by veterans of the U.S. assualt on Vietnam. There are excellent books on this movement Home to War : A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement, a movement that the war complex has tried to erase from our consciousness. If more people were to see this film, they would begin to question their obedience to militarist narratives about the need to kill others for our "security" and "democracy" and "duty." Our troops are not being ordered around to serve our country, they are serving corporate elites in the boardrooms of Exxon, Dow Chemical and Lockheed Martin.
Why We Fight
Organizations like "Books for Soldiers" enable concerned citizens to send media items to U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and other outposts of the empire. As a scene in "Sir, No Sir" reveals, there are many critically-thinking people in the military, and they need assistance in combating all the propaganda they're inundated with. War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
I saw this film on Link TV, and have purchased several copies to share with others, and donated some to a second-hand store.
See also:
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives
The Ground Truth
What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World
An Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better World
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (BK Currents)
The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence
A critically important corrective to official history... May 19, 2008
Even I who lived through this horrendous period didn't realize the extent of defection in all branches of the military.
Nice also a brief debunking of the myth of the spat-upon soldier.
This documentary is riveting and a must-see!
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed February 25, 2008
One of the finest documentaries available on our invasion of Vietnam, a perfect bookend to the classic "Hearts and Minds." It drives home a truth that so many Americans refuse to believe, to this day, which is that it wasn't dozens or hundreds of GI's that refused to fight, but thousands - including, by the Pentagon's own reports, over 64,000 cases of outright desertion.
It also reinforces the fact that those of us who protested and organized here in the States were never, ever against the soldiers. We absolutely and actively supported the troops, we knew of the organizing within the military that the film describes, and we tried to raise funds to help them. We were instead against the generals and the government and the corporate war machine - that monolith which President Eisenhower described as the Military Industrial Complex - as he was warning us against them in his last days in office.
I remember as a young man that my friends and I thought we were so noble and courageous in protesting the war... but the REAL HEROES of Vietnam were the men and women who refused to fight, and who stood up against the literal threat of a death penalty.
As many have mentioned, every American should have the opportunity to see this film. It unfortunately resonates like a bell. Perhaps a perfect gift for the Iraq - bound GI in your family, and I say that with profound respect.
 Goebbels would be proud! January 15, 2008
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
I recently had a chance to review this movie with a number of Vietnam War vets and found it to be an excellent example of revisionist history. Most of the information presented was correct and factual; however, the anti-war movement was never as extensive as it is portrayed in the movie. Especially the behavior of the American military. The Army was never at a point of mutiny the way it was protrayed in the movie. The truth is we pulled out of Vietnam because it was perceived as a losing war, not because of any perception of the war being unjust. Anti-communist feelings were strong up until the early eighties, when it was replaced by fear of radical Islamic fundamentalists. I grew up during these times and the anti-war movement was never as extensive as the movie makes it out to be.
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