Tag: vietnam war
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Flower Child: The Story Behind the Photo
At 17, in 1967, Jan Rose Kasmir confronted with a flower the National Guard bayonets at the Pentagon, in the great march against the Vietnam War. Now, she has written a book about her story on that day. Discover the story of the Flower Child. Music: * ‘The Time to Run (Finale)’, by Dexter Britain,…
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Drugs, Nudity & World Peace: The Rainbow Family Gathering | Fringes
Last July, thousands of hippies convened in a remote Colorado forest for the 50th annual Rainbow Family Gathering. It started as a counterculture movement whose mission was to establish a utopian society that would last thousands of years. But 50 years later…things have deviated from that plan. In recent times, the Rainbow Family has been…
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The Vietnam War 1945–1975: “Napalm Girl”
Few who have seen Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph could forget the sight of 10-year-old Kim Phuc, running naked and wounded from a napalm attack. Ut helped to save Kim’s life, and the two became lifelong friends. They talk here about the day the napalm bombs dropped. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Vietnam War…