Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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Tracing the U.S. military's long history of discrimination against the gay community and one couple's personal journey for acceptance.
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Chatterhead
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The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 Β· β 7
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First Kill
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Veterans of the Vietnam War tell about their experiences. The disasters but also the glorious moments of war. The central figure in the documentary is the scenario writer of Full Metal Jacket, Michael Herr. The veterans describe how it felt to kill for the first time and how those feelings still haunt them.
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Black Men in Uniform
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Pata Seca (1828), a man whose back bore the whip marks of his enslavers , whose eyes held the haunted memory of being forced to breed over 200 slave children in order to sustain his masterβs plantation. Men broken but unbowed, transformed from field hands into soldiers from the civil war to Vietnam. This documentary weaves together authentic narratives from the 1800s, accompanied by original images and footage, highlighting the significant influence that Black men in uniform had in Hollywood and addressing ongoing relevant issues to date.
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The Congress
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