Documentary Shorts: Wars in Asia
- Army, Asian American Stories, DEIB, Friendship, Local, Navy, Resilience, Vietnam War, WWII
- 108 mins
Three documentary shorts reveal personal perspectives from veterans serving in WWII, post-Korean War, and Vietnam and uncover forgotten histories. Films include: “Stamp Our Story,” “Pueblo, a Year of Crises in America,” and “The Volunteer.”
In this program
Stamp Our Story
Directed by Kaia Rose, Robert Horsting
Three Japanese American women of the Nisei generation share how they led a successful 15-year campaign to issue the Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII Forever stamp.
Pueblo, A Year of Crises In America
Directed by Bill Lowe
This is the true story of an ill-conceived, badly planned espionage mission with crewmen who had no knowledge or training for what they were being asked to perform.
The Volunteer
Directed by David Brodie
A Vietnam War veteran in search of a fellow comrade reflects on the power of friendship and the complexities of identity and belonging.