Vietnam War Documentary Screenings

Included with admission | Free for Veterans

Join us for a screening of Ron Osgood’s groundbreaking and moving documentaries “My Vietnam Your Iraq” and “Just Like Me: The Vietnam War/The American War.” Films will be screened back-to-back with no break.

My Vietnam Your Iraq tells the stories of Vietnam veterans and their children who have served in Iraq. Their stories examine the pride, challenges, fears, and the myriad of emotions they have experienced during and after deployment. It offers an intense primer about the truest meanings of patriotism, commitment and sacrifice, evinced by eight families who share an experience few others have. While no claims are made that nonveteran parents of combat soldiers suffer any less anxiety and concern than veteran parents, the special characteristics of the latter come through crystal clear in this film. The goal of this film was to stimulate discussion that will help all of us better understand the emotions and anxieties of these families. Though the stories of these families with their generational ties to war are unique, they are stories of Americans who have gone to war at their nation’s behest twice, and stories that we all need to know.

Just Like Me: Vietnam War Stories from All Sides (Emmy awarding-winning documentary) is a journey from present to past and back again that follows Vietnam veteran Ron Osgood in his quest to recover fragmented and buried stories from all sides of the Vietnam War/American War, revealing multiple perspectives that are thematically interconnected. The stories from veterans and non-combatants look at the ways in which war becomes inscribed into the life histories of ordinary individuals and the attempt to humanize our former enemies. By interweaving American and Vietnamese perspectives, the program promotes cross-cultural connection, empathy, and compassion.

About Ron Osgood

Hoosier documentary filmmaker, Ron Osgood, is an Emmy-award-winning media producer, director, and editor specializing in documentary production. His work has ranged from pick-up basketball and earthquakes to John Mellencamp and climate change in National Parks, but his last two documentaries tackle stories from veterans with a focus on Vietnam. He is a U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran and life member of Vietnam Veterans of America.

Presented by Carter Family Fund
Additional support by Ayres Foundation, Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Memorial Foundation, Inc., and Arthur Jordan Foundation.