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Help Needed With For New Film to Shine Light On Vietnam GI Anti-War
Movement

Subject: Article on GI Movement film
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:13:50 -0800
From: David Zeiger [email protected]

I am writing to appeal to members and supporters of VVAW to help in the
production of a monumental new documentary film. We Gotta Get Out of this
Place! is the story of how American GI's, in their thousands, created a
widespread, unprecedented movement inside the military against the war in

Vietnam. Through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals
and more, GI's altered the course of the war and rocked the foundations of
the U.S. military. Yet today, the memory of the GI Movement has been
buried.

With hundreds of thousands of American soldiers once again spread across
the globe and signs of opposition once again emerging among the troops,
it's time for that memory to be resurrected.

While the veterans' movement and in particularly VVAW will be a
significant part of the film, the main focus will be on the GI Movement
itself. I am looking for people who:

 -Produced and distributed underground newspapers;

 -Led or were part of local and national organizations-Ft. Hood United
Front, GI's United Against the

War, Soldiers Liberation Front, etc;

 -Were jailed for their political activities, such as the Presidio 27, Ft.
Hood 43, and individuals courtmartialed for refusing duty in Nam or
fighting racism and harassment in the military;

-Participated in stockade rebellions around the world, including Long Binh
Jail;

-Organized Armed Farces Day and other demonstrations and actions against
the war;

-Participated in combat refusals and other acts of resistance in Nam.

Also, any photographs, film footage, and press clippings from those and
other events will be very helpful.

I am not a veteran, but from '70-'72 I was on the civilian staff of the
Oleo Strut coffeehouse at Ft. Hood, and worked some with VVAW in Los
Angeles after that. As a filmmaker, this is a film that has been on my
mind for quite some time, but never seemed possible to produce. Today it
is not only possible, but quite necessary.

If you were part of the GI Movement, I would love to talk with you. I can
be contacted at 323-906-9249 or [email protected] For information
about my previous films, including the PBS series

Senior Year, you can go to the Displaced Films web site,
www.displacedfilms.com.

David Zeiger, Displaced Films
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