Viewing and discussion of the documentary 'Far from Vietnam'

Watch the unique documentary "Far from Vietnam" with film critic Egor Sennikov (+ secret guest!)

"Since 1965, when the conflict escalated, America dropped more than a million tons of bombs on North Vietnam. That's more than was dropped on Germany during World War II. A country of 200 million people that spends more on gift wrapping annually than 500 million Indians spend on food can afford to supply its army." 

These are the words that begin one of the most unusual films about the Vietnam War — the documentary "Far from Vietnam." Director Chris Marker coordinated the work of a group of "New Wave" French filmmakers in this project. Agnes Varda and Joris Ivens, Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Lelouch, and Michel Ray-Gavras worked on the project.

The result of this amazing collective was a film-collage in which:

🎬 Reportage footage of Vietnamese hiding from bombings intertwines with an interview with Fidel Castro about the rules of guerrilla warfare

🎬 A report from a New York parade where participants glorify the war and celebrate the opportunity to serve American interests is juxtaposed with protests against Wall Street's hegemony

🎬 And interviews with the wife of an American activist who self-immolated in protest against the war flow into a long speech by an American general explaining how to bomb Vietnam better and more effectively

Language: French, with Russian subtitles.

After viewing, we will discuss the film with film critic and host of the podcast "Blue Velvet" Egor Sennikov, as well as expecting a secret guest film expert 😉