Showing the film "Sir! No Sir!"
to benefit SWAN (Servicewomen's Action Network)
This event is part of an ongoing monthly series showcasing radical films
to benefit local organizing. Films shown on the patio at El Rio. Event is
free but donations gladly accepted. 21 and over. Space is wheelchair
accessible but bathrooms are not.
For more information please contact us at radfilms@lycos.com
See you there!
"Sir! No Sir"
In the 1960's an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of
history. This movement didn't take place on college campuses, but in
barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy
brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated
elite military colleges like West Point. And it spread throughout the
battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no one expected, least of all
those in it. Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile. And by 1971
it had, in the words of one colonel, infested the entire armed services.
Yet today few people know about the GI movement against the war in
Vietnam.
SIR! NO SIR! aims to change all that. The film does four things: 1) Brings
to life the history of the GI movement through the stories of those who
were part of it; 2) Reveals the explosion of defiance that the movement
gave birth to with never-before-seen archival material; 3) Explores the
profound impact that movement had on the military and the war itself; and
4) Tells the story of how and why the GI Movement has been replaced with
the myth of the spat-upon veteran.
